Kochi, October 28, 2019: The authorities on Monday failed to implement a court order directing to facilitate entry of Orthodox faction priests and followers into a church in Kothamangalam to offer prayers following strong resistance from Jacobite faction priests and faithful. The Orthodox faction priests and followers withdrew from theContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct. 29. 2019: Pope Francis has declared that the Vatican Secret Archive isn’t so secret after all. Francis on Monday officially changed the name of the Holy See archive to remove what he said were the “negative” connotations of having “secret” in its name. From now on, theContinue Reading
By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Oct 28, 2019: A South Carolina Catholic priest has denied Holy Communion to Joe Biden on October 27, because of the US presidential candidate’s support for legal abortion. Father Robert Morey, pastor of St. Anthony Catholic Church in the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, deniedContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Bilaspur, Oct 29, 2019: The Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, along with some officials of the local Dr. C. V. Raman university in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, showed an altruistic way of celebrating the Diwali, the festival of lights. They visited the homes of the elderly and gave themContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore, October 29, 2019: The nine dioceses of Madhya Pradesh, central India organized a three-day “Bible convention” in Indore, October 25-27. Amidst special prayers and high Mass, the Christian community ended the state level eight annual convention of Bible fest in a grand manner on NovContinue Reading
By Mumtaz Alam New Delhi, Oct 29, 2019: A group of Christian leaders on October 29 demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give representation to their community in his cabinet and order the police agencies to stop violence against the community in the country. They also demanded withdrawal of anti-conversionContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila, October 29, 2019: Sajan K George is the president of the Global Council for Indian Christians (GCIC) that promotes freedom of religion and tolerance in the country. It advocates the rights of people, especially Dalits, the Other Backward Class, children, women and the religious minorities. MattersContinue Reading
Kochi, Oct.28,2019: A section of dominant Catholic Christian clergy has urged the state government to take urgent steps in resolving the long-pending ordeal of over 300 families evicted in Moolampally and distress of rubber farmers reeling under a price crash. In a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Archbishop JosephContinue Reading
By Santosh Kumar New Delhi, Oct. 28, 2019:The single biggest takeaway from the by-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Kerala, the results of which were announced last week, is that the voters have shown caste and community satraps their place. The electorate not only underlined their secular credentials again byContinue Reading
John McCarthy, Q.C. Modern slavery now entraps an estimated 40 million people around the world, 10 million of them children. Never before have so many been exploited through forced labor, child labor or human trafficking. In the United States, at least 400,000 people are enslaved, according to the latest figuresContinue Reading
