By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, August 13, 2020: The District and Session Court in Kottayam, Kerala, on August 13 formally charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar for alleged rape of a Catholic nun. The trial court read out the chargesheet that accused Bishop Mulakkal of raping former superior general ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 12, 2020: The Supreme Court on August 11 held that daughters will have coparcenary rights on father’s property even if he died before the Hindu Succession (amendment) Act 2005 came into force. The bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was answering a reference based on conflicting decisionsContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 12, 2020: A campaign against child trafficking was launched in Bihar by the foundation of child rights activist and Nobel laureate, Kailash Satyarthi. The foundation claimed that the state was among the worst affected by the migrant crisis when lockdown was first announced. ‘Mukti Caravan,’ a campaign.Continue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, Aug 12, 2020: Natural beauty, superlative health standards comparable to Scandinavia, cent percent education, low crime rates and communally tolerant citizens had crowned Kerala with the title ‘God’s own country.’ But soon social evils such as increasing crime especially against women and substance abuse andContinue Reading
Colombo, August 12, 2020: Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been summoned by a presidential probe panel to record his statement on the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, officials said on August 11. Nine suicide bombers belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to IslamicContinue Reading
Manila, August 12, 2020: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged Filipinos to keep their courage even as the “regime of death and darkness” under President Rodrigo Duterte “seems to be enjoying its fine hour.” In a statement on August 12, Filipino bishops blasted the killing of theContinue Reading
Denver, Aug 12, 2020: An excommunicated priest in the United States says he stands by his claim that Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is the true pope. In addition to charges of schism, the priest is suspected of misconduct and improper relationships with at least two adult women; he confessed hisContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Danapur, Aug 12, 2020: Catholic religious men and women engaged in social action have voiced serious concern over a draft notification that aims to make drastic changes in India’s environmental policies. The Draft Notification for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 “is quite obvious that the proposedContinue Reading
New York, Aug 12, 2020: Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator from California whom Joe Biden just picked as his running mate. Harris’ ethnic, racial and cultural biography represents a slice of the U.S. populationContinue Reading
London, Aug 12, 2020: Hundreds of churches a year are applying to remove their pews, but it is causing dispute among parishes. According to The Times, nearly 250 churches a year are applying for pews to be removed. However, heritage groups and some parishioners complain the removal is causing unnecessaryContinue Reading
