Panaji, August 6, 2019: The Goa Police rescued in 2018 a total of 102 women from commercial sex activities in the western Indian state. Maharashtra topped the list with 28 women, followed by Goa with 13 and Bengal with 8. Delhi came fourth with 7 girls rescued. Social workers inContinue Reading
Hyderabad, August 6, 2019: A Hyderabad-based movement has urged Muslims to destroy the skins of animals they sacrifice on Bakrid, the second of two Islamic holidays in India. Also called Eid al-Adha, or the “Festival of the Sacrifice,” it honors the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as anContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, August 6, 2019: The Church in India will observe August 10 as a “Day of Mourning” for Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin. “Throughout India, August 10 is being observed as ‘Day of Mourning’ in all the churches. Rallies, demonstrations and candle vigils are conductedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 6, 2019: Sushma Swaraj, member of Bharatiya Janata Party who gave a human face to the ministry of external affairs, died on August 6 in New Delhi. She was 66. Swaraj had suffered cardiac arrests and was rushed to All India Institute ofContinue Reading
Aug. 6, 2019: The president of Turkey presided at the groundbreaking for a new church in the country, the first to be built in nearly 100 years. Turkey’s population is overwhelmingly Muslim, but the government is officially nonsectarian. The Syriac Orthodox of Mor Efrem will be constructed just outside Istanbul.Continue Reading
Panaji, Aug. 6, 2019: The BJP-led Goa government would amend the Portuguese-era Uniform Civil Code (UCC), introduced in the year 1870, so that non-Goans can register their marriages in the coastal state, the Legislative Assembly was told on Tuesday. The UCC was introduced by the erstwhile Portuguese rulers. It wasContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho “Education has a vital role to play” to build peace, given that we live “in a multi-cultural and multi-religious society,” Fr. Magi Murzello rector of St Andrews College in Mumbai told AsiaNews. He is also the editor of Edu Focus, a magazine that is distributed to principals,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Medan, August 6, 2019: The ninth Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS-IX) was opened in a solemn ceremony at the Gereja Bethel Indonesia (GBI) Medan Plaza auditorium in Medan, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province. More than 120 theologians from across Asia are participating in the congress. The participantsContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, August 7, 2019: Thirty years ago whenever I got an opportunity to address the gatherings of priests and religious in a few dioceses, I had proposed to appoint a fulltime person for building public relations and create good will among local people. At that time hardlyContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, August 6, 2019: These days, people in India are experiencing insecurity and threats. While many politicians have sold their souls for temporary benefits, some authors, actors, journalists and activists continue their prophetic mission of speaking out against human right violations, state sponsored violence and dictatorial actionsContinue Reading
