By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Mumbai, Jan. 23, 2019: Given the significance of the subject and the urgency which it entailed – it was an event that had to happen! ‘Netizens for Democracy’ (https://netizensfordemocracy.in/) on January 19 held a day long conclave on ‘Social Media as a Tool’ at Fr.Continue Reading
Aizawl, Jan 23, 2019: Thousands of people, including students, hit the streets across Mizoram on Wednesday to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh were burnt as protesters took out rallies from Aizawl’s seven district headquarters and at overContinue Reading
Chennai, Jan. 23, 2019: Artists in Chennai are unhappy that Loyola College has apologised for display of satirical paintings on contemporary issues on campus. On January 21, the Catholic minority institution now at the centre of a controversy over art works put up by a cultural group not from theContinue Reading
Kochi, Jan 23, 2019: Sister Lucy Kalapura, who took part in a protest against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, has been served with a second notice by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC). She has been asked to give a written explanation to the Mother Superior by February 6. The second noticeContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 23, 2019: Social activist Swami Agnivesh has written to Pope Francis against the transfer of four nuns who had taken part in a protest in Kochi, demanding the arrest of rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal. He said it was with much expectation and confidence in the Pope’s ‘robust senseContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater Edalpur, Jan 23, 2019: Late last month, the government administrator who oversees this area of farmland in northern India was in a meeting when she received a strange phone call. It was from a middle school principal in Edalpur, a village of 2,000 people surrounded by fieldsContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Kolkata, Jan. 23, 2019: Pope Francis on December 11 appointed Bangladeshi Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario as his envoy to the special celebration of the 27th World Day of the Sick to be celebrated in Kolkata, 9-11 February, 2019. The last time the celebration held in India was atContinue Reading
Narakal, Jan. 23, 2019: People of Vypin Island in Kerala have come together and drawn up plans to celebrate a local Gandhian’s birth centenary and mark 20th year of his demise with release of a documentary film, flood relief fund and medical assistance to the needy, and other year longContinue Reading
Sagaing, Myanmar, Jan 23, 2019: Women’s voices is required to create lasting peace. Whether it is conflict prevention and conflict resolution or reconciliation, women’s meaningful participation in peace processes is definite. Naga Women have always played a role in upholding peace in the community. Taking the mission of unity andContinue Reading
Melbourne, Jan. 22, 2019: A Catholic Priest from Kerala has received international academic recognition. Fr. John Vayalilkarottu OFMConv. who works as an Assistant Priest at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Springvale, in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, and who hails from Poonjar, Kottayam District, Kerala, India, received the honorary Fellowship of theContinue Reading
