Indore, Feb 23, 2020: A bank manager in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has been charged with violent and abusive conduct after forcing his way into a girls’ hostel and beating up and verbally harassing students. Amarjeet Singh, 45, an employee at a private bank, was arrested on February 22 for assaultingContinue Reading
By Augustine Singh Balliguda, Feb 23, 2020: Asmita Digal who became a widow in the anti-Christian persecution of 2008 in Kandhamal district, Odisha, eastern India. The 33-year-old woman is the youngest of five girls and two sons of late Ram Nayak and mother Mabati Nayak. Her father died in 2010,Continue Reading
Trosly-Breuil, Feb 23, 2020: A religious leader who founded a celebrated organization for people with learning difficulties had sexually abused six women in France, an internal report says. Canadian Jean Vanier set up the global network L’Arche (The Ark) in France in 1964. He died in 2019 aged 90. NoneContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, Feb 23, 2020: The Apostolic Carmel Sisters on February 23 elected Sister Nirmalini,a renowned educationist and human rights activist, as the twelfth superior general of their 150-year-old indigenous congregation. The election took place during the congregation’s 20th ordinary general chapter underway in Bengaluru, capital ofContinue Reading
By Shini Melukunnel Jharsuguda, Feb 23, 2020: Anmol is a thin and tall, but shy boy. He is fond of sports but least interested in studies. He came to me asking for help in his studies. In the beginning, he was open and willingly did all his homework. Gradually heContinue Reading
By Puneet Nicholas Yadav New Delhi, Feb 22, 2020: The Caravan magazine has attracted attention in recent years, both for shining the torch on media itself and for its dogged pursuit of ‘tough’ stories. The magazine’s executive editor Vinod K. Jose talks about the state of journalism and what drivesContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Feb. 22. 2020: A day after the second complaint of sexual harassment against the deposed bishop of Jalandhar, Franco Mullakal, surfaced, Kerala nuns fighting for justice for the first complainant asked church authorities not to shield him and take action against him under the Canon law. The statement ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Orlong Hada, Feb 21, 2020: The Indian Franciscan Major Superiors, 97 of them from all over India gathered together in the Orlong Hada hill area in Meghalaya in North Eastern India to spend four days (from Feb 17 to 20) of deep personal and collective reflectionContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 22, 2020: A road in Shaheen Bagh in the national capital was reopened on February 22, some 70 days blocked it was blocked amid protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Shaheen Bagh in south Delhi has been the epicenter of anti-CAA protests in Delhi since mid-December followingContinue Reading
By Christina Hermoso and Leslie Ann Aquino Manila, Feb 22, 2020: To reduce the risk of transmission of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has recommended the sprinkling of blessed ash on the crown of the head instead of marking with ash theContinue Reading
