By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, March 9, 2019: The Indian Catholic Forum has urged the mediators appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve the Ayodhya imbroglio to take a cue from the Jerusalem Status Quo. Welcoming the apex court’s decision to refer the Ayodhya dispute to a panel of threeContinue Reading
Changanacherry, March 9, 2019: Some 400,000 rupees were stolen from a church in Kerala, after the burglar locked up four priests in their rooms. The incident came to light on March 8 when the vicar of St Xavier’s Church at Thrickodithanam, woke up to offer morning Mass. the church isContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Varanasi: March 9, 2019: Christians in India should stop “doing activities” and accompany the excluded and broken people in their struggle for a dignified life. For this, they have to discard a culture of rhetoric and reestablish their rootedness in Jesus and make a lasting commitment toContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 8, 2019: Women in a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh marked the International Women’s Day by praying for the release of jailed Missionaries of Charity nun in Jharkhand state. “We know that Sister Concelia (Baxla)is innocent. She is in jail for false case by peopleContinue Reading
Lyon, March 8, 2019: France’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, has been given a six-month suspended sentence for his role in covering up the sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Barbarin was found guilty of failing to report allegations of assaults by a priest in the 1980s andContinue Reading
Islamabad, Mar. 8, 2019: Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan’s first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the upper house of parliament on occasion of International Women’s Day. “Chairman Senate of Pakistan decided to make our colleague Krishna Kumari Kohli aka Kishoo Bai to ChairContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Dalits are the so called untouchables of the Indian society. They are still treated untouchables in the Church, and in society. The government too treats them unequal. They are considered Dalits among the Dalits. The washer men community who are called Thurumbar in Tamil are forcedContinue Reading
By Father Cedric Prakash SJ March 8, 2019: General Elections 2019 are round the corner! The dates of the elections have not yet been announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI).In all probability they will do so by 15 March. The ECI has within its powers to announce theContinue Reading
By Cynthia Anna Mathew CJ New York, March 8, 2019: The theme for International Women’s Day 2019nis “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change.” The theme focuses on innovative ways in which we can advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, March 8, 2019: The world needs a transformative shift to ensure gender parity, says the general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). “International Women’s Day is an occasion every year on March 8 to appreciate, recognize, celebrate, reflect, inspire and convey theContinue Reading
