New Delhi, April 5, 2019: The Supreme Court on April 4 rejected a Christian organisation’s plea seeking rescheduling of the April 18 polling for the Lok Sabha in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. A SC Bench, comprising Justice S.A. Bobde, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indira Banerjee, declined the pleaContinue Reading
Kakkanad, Apr 5, 2019: Prison cells have long been potential spaces of creativity for political leaders and literary figures. They have given birth to several literary masterpieces opening doors to freedom of expression. Even decades later the picture is more or less the same at the District Prison here thatContinue Reading
Warsaw, Apr 3, 2019: A priest in northern Poland who led a public burning of books that included titles from the “Harry Potter” series and other items parishioners wanted destroyed has apologized, saying the ritual was not intended to condemn specific authors, religions or social groups. Father Rafal Jarosiewicz calledContinue Reading
April 4, 2019: 14 parties and 150 organizations have signed a charter demanding housing, jobs, migration, sanitation, safe drinking water and other livelihood issues. These issues are not considered political and not spoken of by many political parties, prompting activists, scholars, and urban workers’ collective to come together and presentContinue Reading
Secunderabad, April 4, 2019: Paul Dhinakaran, director of Jesus Calls Ministries International, held a 72-hour prayer for the nation, which concluded on April 3 at Secunderabad. Several bishops of leading churches, independent church pastors and Christian leaders of various denominations were among about 3,500 participants of the program. Addressing theContinue Reading
Hong Kong, April 4, 2019: Air pollution will shorten the life expectancy of children born today by an average of 20 months and will have the greatest impact in south Asia, according to a study. The State of Global Air report, published by the US-based Health Effects Institute and theContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, April 3, 2019: April 1 is a fun day. With the advent of electronic communication I can now fool people across the world. I get fiendish delight in fooling the “powerful”, and have often incurred their wrath. This April Fool’s Day would have been no different, untilContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila, April 3, 2019: Asian Christians are better informed about the Churches in Europe and America than those in neighboring countries, says Salesian Father George Plathottam, the new executive secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Office of Social Communication (FABC-OSC). The media practitioner, who hasContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kochi, April 3, 2019: Father George Mutholil has been appointed Jesuits’ new regional assistant for South Asia. He replaces Father Lisbert D’Souza, who completes his term this year. This was announced on March 27 by Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal, superior general of the Society of Jesus, theContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil The New Indian Express on March 30 reported that the Punjab Police claimed to have recovered 96.6 million rupees of hawala money from six persons, including a priest belonging to Jalandhar diocese. It is a huge amount of cash. Those who were caught by the police andContinue Reading
