By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, Dec 19, 2019: Hatemongers would never succeed in taking away Indian citizens’ fundamental democratic rights, asserted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while launching the ninth edition of the Kolkata Christmas Festival. Those who spread hate politics would have to go and only peace-loving people wouldContinue Reading
A rare first edition of the King James Bible will be put on display early next year at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to Al Arabiya TV news. The King James Bible, published in 1611, was an authorized English translation ofContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 18, 2019: Archbishop Soosa Pakiam M. of the Latin Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram has come out against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, terming it discriminatory. Discrimination against anyone in a democratic and secular country like India was unacceptable, the Archbishop said at a press conference here on Dec 18. TheContinue Reading
London, Dec 17 2019: An Anglican bishop and former chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, is to be received into the Catholic Church by Bishop Mark Davies in Shrewsbury Cathedral on 22 December. Gavin Ashenden resigned his chaplaincy in 2017 . He left the Church of England that same year toContinue Reading
The oldest business school in the country is going to have a campus in Delhi-NCR. In an interview Fr. P. Christie S.J., Director, XLRI-Xavier School of Management, talks about his vision for the new campus Why did you decide to start a campus in Delhi-NCR? Being the oldest business schoolContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater BANGALORE, India — The sun was climbing in the morning sky as a man in his late 50s stripped to his underwear and prepared to lower himself into a pit of sewage. Kaverappa looked down into the shaft behind a house on the southern rim of India’sContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Trichy, December 17, 2019: The women group of Puthupunal (Fresh Waters) and St. Alphonsa, the Youth girls of Our Lady of the Healer Church, Karumandapam, Trichy organized a Christmas get together with the villagers of Vadasserry women in Karur district, Tamil Nadu. Vadaserry village is aContinue Reading
Vatican city, Dec. 17, 2019: The Pope has declared that the rule of “pontifical secrecy” no longer applies to the sexual abuse of minors, in a bid to improve transparency in such cases. The Church previously shrouded sexual abuse cases in secrecy, in what it said was an effort toContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ The nation is on fire! The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) which was promulgated on December 12 after the President of India gave his assent to it after it was passed by both the lower and upper houses of Parliament. The act is blatantly discriminatory,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 16, 2019: Christians have joined social and political groups in India to plead the government to reconsider recently amended laws on citizenship in the country. A statement from the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) said the Protestant group shared the nation’s concern ofContinue Reading
