By Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar Ayodhya, July 2, 2019: The barefooted pilgrims passed by watchtowers, checkpoints and walls topped with barbed wire. They emptied their pockets, stepped through four metal detectors and lined up, single file, to enter a path enclosed by a narrow cage. At the end ofContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, July 2, 2019: The controversial and self-proclaimed ‘godman’ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is currently serving a life-term in at the Sunaria jail in Rohtak after being convicted in two cases of rape and the murder of a journalist. Recently, he applied for 42Continue Reading
Mumbai, July 2, 2019: At least 16 people were killed as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains, the lifeline of India’s commercial capital. The city received the heaviest rain over a 24-hour period in a decade. The weather office hasContinue Reading
Kolkata, July 2, 2019: The Bar Council of India has allowed St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, to start a law school from this academic session. The second Jesuit university in India had started its courses in the 2017-2018 academic year. Candidates for the new law course will be given admissions basedContinue Reading
Vatican , July 1: Pope Francis has formally approved the canonization of Indian Blessed Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family and decreed that the canonization will take place in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Oct. 13. The Holy Father made theContinue Reading
Vatican , July 1: The Vatican has on July 1 reaffirmed Catholic teaching that priests cannot reveal what they learn in confession, in an apparent response to moves in Australia and elsewhere to force them to do so in cases of sexual abuse. A document from the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary,Continue Reading
Boston, July 1, 2019: A group of more than 50 people from all walks of life from the Greater Boston area assembled in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA, to protest against the unabated pace of mob lynching and the growing threat to human rights of citizens in India, especially thoseContinue Reading
By Percival Holt New Delhi, July 1, 2019: The June 19-22 International Youth Forum was my third visit to Rome. I was invited by the “Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life” as one of the few Synod auditors who represented the Synod from different continents. The organizers also invited twoContinue Reading
Is the United States all set to make the alleged lack of religious freedom in India a major plank during future negotiations? Not only has US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched upon this during his recent visit to New Delhi, insisting upon the need to “speak out strongly” inContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 30: Meeting a group of young people in the Vatican, Pope Francis announced the theme of the World Youth Days in Lisbon in 2022. The theme of the 2022 World Youth Days in Lisbon will be “Mary rose and went with haste” (Lk 1:39), Pope Francis said June 22Continue Reading
