By Marcus Jones Tehran, June 8, 2020: Middle East Concern, a religious freedom charity, has urged Christians around the world to pray for four men who in early June began prison sentences after converting to Islam. Hossein Kadivar, Khalil Dehghanpour, Kamal Naamanian and Mohammed Vafadar started their five year sentencesContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 7, 2020: India is all set to revise the legal age for marriage for women with the government forming a high-level committee on June 6 to go into the matter and submit recommendations by July 31. The taskforce will be headed by former Samata Party President JayaContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 7, 2020: Pope Francis is cautioning people in countries emerging from coronavirus lockdowns to keep following authorities’ rules for COVID-19 containment. ‘Be careful, don’t cry victory, don’t cry victory too soon,” he said on June 7. Italy’s gradual easing of stay-at-home rules now allows the public toContinue Reading
Dubai, June 7, 2020: A 61-year-old Indian doctor, who was at the forefront in treating and attending to COVID-19 patients at a hospital in the UAE, has died of coronavirus, his hospital said on June 7. Dr Sudhir Rambhau Washimkar, who hailed from Nagpur, Maharashtra, died at Al Ain HospitalContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, June 7, 2020: It is nothing but outrageous that the tragic death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala is being used to spread the communal virus by the vicious minds. There is no doubt that the persons responsible for the death of the animal should beContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, June 7, 2020: The nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 has given a priest in Odisha a new opportunity to reach out to his people the eastern Indian state. Father Bhanjakishore Nayak, a self-made musician and singer, uses an App to help people praiseContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, June 7, 2020: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, has expressed disappointment over the federal health ministry’s decision to keep people above 65 away as places of worship open after more than three months of lockdown. The federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare plans to letContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, June 6, 2020: Pope Francis on June 6 accepted the resignation of Salesian Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel of Kuzhithurai in Tamil Nadu. The Pope has appointed Archbishop Antony Pappusamy of Madurai as Apostolic Administrator of Kuzhithurai, says a press release from the Conference of CatholicContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 7, 2020: Handcuffed, face down, knee on his neck, no can came for help. He begged for water, he begged for mercy, he begged for his life, but he got no help. His body trembled, his nose bled, he lost control of his bladder.Continue Reading
Washington, June 6, 2020: Hundreds of thousands of Americans on June 6 took to the streets marking one of the most expansive mobilizations yet in the nationwide protests against police violence and systemic racism sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis The protesters carried placards reading blackContinue Reading
