Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, May 16, 2019: Just one day after six Catholics were murdered by gunmen in Burkina Faso, four more Catholics were shot and killed in the northwest African country. On May 13 unknown gunmen interrupted a religious procession in a village near Kongoussi, a northwest city of theContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 15, 2019: Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Madan Lokur has become the first judge from the Indian apex court to be appointed to Fiji’s Supreme Court. “I have been invited by the Chief Justice of the Fiji Supreme Court to be a part of the apex courtContinue Reading
By Brit Dawson May 15, 2019: In South Asia, there’s a devastating correlation between weather-related disasters and the rising number of women being trafficked for sex. Every year, in the remote depths of the Himalayas, hundreds of nuns clean plastic from the waterways of the mountain range. Trekking miles, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 15, 2019: UNICEF India has appealed for funds from the public to help millions of people, especially children, affected by the Cyclone Fani. The cyclone, considered extremely severe, hit the eastern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal on May 3.Continue Reading
Dhaka, May 15, 209: Police in Bangladesh have arrested a prominent poet after he was accused of hurting the religious feelings of the country’s minority Christian community, police said. Henry Sawpon, a Christian, was detained in Barisal, some 245 km south of the capital city of Dhaka, after a priestContinue Reading
Colombo, May 15 2019: Catholic officials and parents in Sri Lanka are hopeful that church-run schools will begin to reopen soon. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, leader of Catholics in the country, had called for the school closure after the devastating Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels. All of the islandContinue Reading
Gandhinagar, May 14. 2019: A day after stones were hurled at a wedding procession of a Dalit groom allegedly by upper castes at Khambhisar village in Modasa tehsil of Aravalli district leading to violence and police lathicharge, the marriage procession was carried out peacefully on Monday amid heavy police security.Continue Reading
Vatican City, May 14, 2019: In a message dedicated for Islam’s Holy Month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, PCID, has urged Christians and Muslims worldwide to build bridges of brotherhood and promote the culture of dialogue. “The Vatican is calling on Christians andContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 14, 2019: The row over the decision of St Stephen’s College Principal John Varghese to include a member of the Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection of students for admission escalated on May 14 with the college issuing a “formal warning” to a member ofContinue Reading
Colombo, May 14, 2019: Mob attacks on Muslim communities in Sri Lanka’s northwest have left one person dead and dozens of shops and mosques destroyed, a government minister said Tuesday, as communal violence worsened in the wake of Easter bombings that killed more than 250 people. A Muslim man wasContinue Reading
