New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the states and Union Territories (UTs) to take stringent action against individuals and NGOs who invite people to illegally adopt children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic. A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose, in an 18-page order published on JuneContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) on June 8 welcomed the decision of the federal government to offer free coronavirus vaccines to all above the age of 18. Describing the decision as “very timely in securing the well-being of the people of India,” KCBC president Cardinal George Alencherry saidContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Imphal: Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal has led a prayer service to seek divine intervention in the fight against the pandemic in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh organized the June 7 inter-faith prayer meeting at the Western gate of historicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: A Jesuit college in Patna has been conferred with “Green Champion” award for its contribution to Swachhta (cleanliness) Education and Practice. St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology was among 400 educational institutions, including 28 managed by Christians, that received the award from the MahatmaContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid Twitter and WhatsApp pushing back against the government’s new rules for social media platforms, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the rules only benefit the over 100 crore users of such platforms by giving them a means to address their grievances. “…These are basically theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: The diocese of Miao on June 6 launched a campaign to mark the World Environment Day. At small event held at Christ the Light Minor Seminary, Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao inaugurated the “Mitthi Sona Hai” (Earth is Gold) campaign to make people self-sufficient by encouragingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi: Catholic religious of Varanasi have collaborated with people of other faiths to open a series of temporary health centers in northern Indian city and villages surrounding it to fight Covid 19 pandemic. The seventh center was inaugurated on June 3 in a classroom of St.Continue Reading
By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad: The Montfort Social Institute in Hyderabad on June 4 opened its “‘Free Covid Care Centre” to serve patients from slums in southern Indian city, who have no place to isolate at home. “Numerous Covid positive patients in the slums have not been able to isolate dueContinue Reading
Bengaluru : With close to 3,000 deaths reported in the Christian community since April 1, many of which are COVID-19-related, the five big cemeteries in Bengaluru have run out of space and have been closed for burials. Meanwhile the Karnataka government is yet to act on its promise of providingContinue Reading
Chandigarh: A woman’s extra-marital affair is not a ground to deny the custody of her child in a matrimonial dispute as it cannot be concluded that she will not be a good mother, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held. The court also noted that in a patriarchal society,Continue Reading