Berlin, Sept. 2, 2019: The top UN refugee official has urged India to ensure that no one is left stateless by the exclusion of nearly 2 million people from a citizenship list in Assam state. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, voiced his concern in a statement issuedContinue Reading
Sept. 1, 2019: As Asia Bibi sits free at last in a secret location in Canada, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a false blasphemy charge thinks of those left behind still facing the same ordeal. Nearly four months after the 54-year-old finally left PakistanContinue Reading
Darwin, September 2, 2019: Hundreds of people rallied across Australia on September 1 to protest the possible deportation of a Tamil family. Coalition MPs are at odds over whether a Tamil family should be sent to Sri Lanka. The parents arrived by boat and their daughters were born in Australia.Continue Reading
Vatican City, Sept. 1, 2019: Pope Francis has said he got stuck in a lift for 25 minutes at the Vatican and had to be rescued by firefighters. The pontiff apologised to the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for showing up seven minutes late to his traditionalContinue Reading
Lahore, Sept. 1, 2019: Under pressure, the government in Pakistan’s Punjab province has constituted a high-level committee to negotiate with Sikhs angry over the kidnapping and forced conversion of a teenage girl from the community. Jagjit Kaur’s family alleged that she was converted to Islam at gunpoint and forced toContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sept. 1, 2019: Pope Francis appointed 13 new cardinals in a surprise move on September 1, again putting his stamp on the future of a Church he wants to be more open as most of those named are considered progressive on social issues. Ten of them are underContinue Reading
The Indian Bazaar is a huge fête and community event which supports the works of Jesuit Mission. Kindly hosted by St Ignatius’ College, (alias “Riverview”) in Lane Cove, the Bazaar will be held on September 14. All proceeds help empower our vulnerable brothers and sisters overseas to live full andContinue Reading
Colombo, Aug. 23, 2019: Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed 258 people, officials said Aug. 23. President Maithripala Sirisena has been extending the emergency on the 22nd of each month since the April 21 attacks on threeContinue Reading
Lindau, Germany. Aug. 23, 2019: In a joint statement issued by Religions for Peace leaders from India’s neighbours Myanmar and Bangladesh holding Track II Consultations on the Rohingya refugee problem affecting their two countries endorsed the bilateral agreement at the Religion for Peace (RfP) 10th World Assembly held in Lindau,Continue Reading
New Delhi, Aug. 20, 2019: Lady Diana wanted to be involved in a Mother Teresa project for AIDS patients in Calcutta. And Prince Charles felt a certain kinship with India because he was “conceived” a few months after India’s independence, two letters written separately by the former British royal coupleContinue Reading
