By Benwen Lopez Pune, Aug 4, 2020: As India struggles to redefine secularism, a core value that guides its Constitution, a Jesuit priest tries to give an alternative understanding of the principle of separation of the state from religious institutions. Jesuit George Karuvelil recently published a book “Faith, Reason andContinue Reading
Cairo, Aug 4, 2020: Egypt’s churches opened their doors to the faithful on August 3 for the first time in more than four months due to a coronavirus lockdown. The Coptic Orthodox Church said in a statement that it would receive the faithful in its churches with restrictions that includeContinue Reading
Mumbai, Aug 3, 2020: The forested Aarey Colony, home to nearly 8,000 tribal people of Maharashtra, on August 3 witnessed a unique celebration of ‘Rakshabandhan” (bond of protection), or festival of siblings. Many activists and tribals gathered at the forest and tied amulets called rakhis (color threads) to trees whichContinue Reading
North Carolina, August 4, 2020: A life-sized statue of the Rev. Billy Graham will be installed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North Carolina and the U.S. House want removed. In the last weekContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, August 4, 2020: A cancer survivor woman from Berhampur, Odisha, who has made a mark in online business, has been given an award for social entrepreneurship by a leading newspaper company. Saraswati Singh, 43, has been selected from 6,000 women participants in India for the TimesContinue Reading
Mumbai, Aug 3, 2020: Bishop Allwyn D’Silva, chairman of Prison Ministry India (PMI), has advocated for the dignity and real social integration of prisoners. The auxiliary bishop of Bombay made this appeal on August 2 when the Catholic Church in India marks Prison Ministry Sunday. For the occasion this year,Continue Reading
London, 3rd August 2020: Mahatma Gandhi will be the first non-white person on British currency. The Royal Mint Advisory Committee, which recommends themes and designs for coins, has started work on a coin featuring the Indian independence leader in the UK. Gandhi was assassinated five months after the end ofContinue Reading
By Cara Bentley Armitage, Aug 3, 2020: A historic church right next door to a primary school in the United Kingdom has been raided, with 400 cannabis plants found growing inside. The United Reformed Church in the village of Armitage in Staffordshire is a Grade II-listed building from 1820 butContinue Reading
Berlin, Aug 3, 2020: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported August 3. The daily Passauer Neue Presse quoted Peter Seewald, a biographer of the retired pontiff,Continue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, Aug 3, 2020: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has questioned the National Education Policy introduced by the federal coalition government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party. “Will the private schools also teach in the regional language?” asks Baghel, who heads the central Indian state’s Congress-ledContinue Reading
