Mumbai : With Christmas just over a week away, Archbishop of Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias on December 15 sounded a note of caution, asking churches and parishioners to follow the guidelines in place in view of the pandemic. Issuing a slew of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for churchesContinue Reading
New Delhi: The priest of a Gurdwara from Haryana, Baba Ram Singh, who joined the farmers’ protest, has died by suicide; he had shot himself. The 65-year-old was at the Delhi-Sonipat border at Kundli, where he reached last evening. The area is 2 km from the Singhu border, the epicentreContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Jesuit Father Stan Lourduswamy, now languishing in a Mumbai jail, has been selected for an award honoring Mukundan C Menon, a noted journalist who founded non-governmental human rights organizations such as People’s Union for Civil Liberties. Father Stan Swamy, as the Catholic priest is popularlyContinue Reading
An Austrian Catholic archbishop expressed dismay after the country’s top court ruled that assisted suicide should no longer be a criminal offense. In a Dec. 11 statement, Archbishop Franz Lackner said that the court’s judgment that the ban on assisted suicide was unconstitutional was a fundamental “cultural breach.” “Up untilContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: I find the word “denominations” abominable. In an era of competition between different churches, the term was used to distinguish between them. In today’s ecumenical era, the term becomes redundant. I would rather call them “Sister Churches.” Did not St Paul write to the churches in Corinth,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: The Church in Odisha has mourned the death of a popular retreat preacher and a writer in Odia language. Father Simon Eluvathinkal died on December 12, while undergoing his second dialysis in Holy Family Hospital New Delhi. He was 54. He was taking classes for catechistsContinue Reading
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal plan to fast along with farmers on December 14 to protest the federal government’s new agricultural laws that have triggered a massive demonstration on the outskirts of the capital. “I will hold a one-day fast tomorrow in support of farmers’ protests. I appealContinue Reading
Chennai: A small cloth doll named ‘Covida,’ designed by the Lambadi women artisans in Tamil Nadu spreads the message of hope and positivity amid job losses and sense of uncertainty brought by the coronavirus pandemic. The artisans from scenic Sittlingi valley in Dharmapuri district, were among the tens of thousandsContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: CBI special court will deliver its verdict in the Sister Abhaya murder case on December 22. The trial in the case concluded on December 10 with the prosecution’s reply arguments. Judge K Sanil Kumar posted the case for verdict on December 22. The final argument in the case beganContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, which was adopted by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on December 9, seeks to ban slaughtering of all cattle, including cow, calf, and even bull. With respect to he/she buffalo, it seeks to ban their slaughter if the animalsContinue Reading
