Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American woman to run for the White House, dropped out of the race on Tuesday, citing lack of financial resources. In an email to supporters which was also published on medium.com, Kamala said her campaign “simply doesn’t have the financial resources we needContinue Reading
Peoria, Ill., Dec 3, 2019, The scheduled beatification of Ven. Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed after several U.S. bishops asked that the cause be given more time for examination. The Diocese of Peoria announced the delay on Dec. 3. Archbishop Sheen’s beatification was set toContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec 4, 2019: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined to ban the dismissed nun, Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal”s autobiography titled “Karthavinte Namethil (In the name of Christ)”. The high court, which heard the petition filed by Sister Lisiya Joseph seeking a ban on the book, said if the petitionerContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Dec. 3, 2019 – Over a conversation between the legendary tea planter Rajah Banerjee of Rimpaocha Tea Siliguri and Campus Minister at Salesian College Sonada Father C.M. Paul on the impending peril of adolescent females being trafficked from the closed tea gardens in the Darjeeling HillsContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Bangkok, December 4, 2019: Bonded labor has complex roots in Indian history and society, says an official of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India’s Office for Labor. In India, some 40 million children, women and men are trapped in bonded labor, a form of modern-day slavery. Recently, internalContinue Reading
By Anu Kuruvilla Kochi, Dec.3, 2019: The ‘Changathi’ project launched by Kerala Literacy Mission to arm the migrant labourers with enough knowledge of Malayalam is seeing great success, especially in Ernakulam district. At present around 2,934 migrant labourers have enrolled in the evening classes being conducted by the literacy missionContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, Dec 2, 2019: The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 was passed in parliament on the same day as the abrogation of article 370, with hardly any debate. Worst of all, there were some MPs who were seen on TV smirking and making fun duringContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, Dec 2, 2019: The public protested against a Catholic school in Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh state, after two students drowned during school picnic. Alleging negligence from the school staff, the public demanded the arrest of the teachers who had accompanied the picnicking students. But dueContinue Reading
Ouagadougou, Dec 2, 2019: At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire inside a church in Burkina Faso. The victims were attending a service on December 1 at a church in Hantoukoura, in the eastern part of the country. The identity of the gunmen is not knownContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Dec 2, 2019: Christmas is a time when devout Christians use the invocation “Maranatha.” It is the concluding line in the Bible that means “Come Lord Jesus” (Rev 22:20). It is most appropriate for Advent. This phrase is earlier used by St Paul in his benediction toContinue Reading
