New Delhi, Apr 6, 2019: The new government should imbibe the culture of charity and respect the Constitution and the “golden rule of secularism,” Catholic bishops said April 6 after holding discussions among the faithful across the country. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has submitted a report onContinue Reading
New Delhi, Apr 5, 2019: Home to many spiritual and religious leaders, India abounds with their precious teachings. Bringing their wisdom, usually in form of aphorisms, to guide people is an upcoming 10-book series called ‘Life Lessons’ with its first four featuring Moinuddin Chisti, Guru Nanak, Adi Shankara and MahaviraContinue Reading
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
Kochi, Apr 2, 2019: A court in Kerala on April 2 asked Syro-Malabar Church head Cardinal George Alencherry to appear before it over allegation of misappropriation of church property. Directing the cardinal’s appearance on May 22, a Judicial Magistrate Court in Kochi also tasked others connected to the allegations toContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 2, 2019:The Bombay High Court on April 1 directed St. John The Baptist Church, Thane, to approach the Thane municipal commissioner, seeking permission to bury an ex-service personnel on an open ground in possession of the church. The trust had on March 20, buried the person without anyContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Chennai, April 2, 2019: The Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council has condemned the recent mob attacks on a school and nuns over a student’s suicide. “We strongly condemn the attack based on the suicide of a 10th class student in the school premises after her exams,” ArchbishopContinue Reading