By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, Sept 14, 2020: A court in Kerala, southern India, September 16 began the trial of the nun-rape case after restraining the print and electronic media from publishing matters related to the in-camera proceedings. Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar is accused of raping the nun multipleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Techny, Sept 16, 2020: An American Divine Word missionary, who spent 50 years in India as a seminary trainer and promoter of inter-religious dialogue, has died. He was 100. Father Felix Eckerman died September 13 at Divine Word Residence at Techny in the United States, afterContinue Reading
London, Sept 15, 2020: A massive increase in food bank use in UK has been predicted by the Trussell Trust in a new report. Analysis forecasts a 61% rise in food parcel distribution from October to December if urgent action is not taken. The Trussell Trust also warns that 670,000Continue Reading
Vatican City, Sept. 15, 2020: Pope Francis has signed off on a two-year extension of a deal with China on the appointment of bishops that critics have condemned as a sell-out to the communist government, a senior Vatican source has said. The two-year provisional deal, which gives the pope theContinue Reading
Meerut, Sept. 15, 2020: Sanju Rani Verma ran away from to avoid marriage and to follow her dream. Seven years later, the 28-year-old woman returned home in Meerut, a town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, after cracking the tough Public Service Commission (PSC) examination to become aContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sept 15, 2020: A 51-year-old priest was found dead from knife wounds Sept. 15 near his parish in the city of Como, Italy. Fr. Roberto Malgesini was known for his devotion to the homeless and migrants in the northern Italian diocese. The pastor died in a street nearContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 14, 2020 — A priest catechist in Kolkata has marked Year of Laudato Si’, with the launch of what he calls ‘Stations of Creation – a Way of Beauty’ on Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14. The full text of the StationsContinue Reading
By Nilashish Chaudhary New Delhi, Sept 15, 2020: A Public Interest Litigation filed in the Delhi High Court has sought a declaration recognizing the right of same-sex couples to get married under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The petition filed on behalf of activists and members of the LGBTQ communityContinue Reading
By Sanya Talwar New Delhi, Sept 15 2020: The Supreme Court on September 15 restrained a rightwing television channel until further orders from telecasting the remaining episodes of a controversial show. The bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph was hearing a petition filed againstContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 15, 2020: More than 10 million migrant workers traveled back home from various parts of India during the lockdown between March 24 to June 2. According to an NGO, Save Life Foundation, 198 workers died in different places during their exodus. Yet it was veryContinue Reading
