Vatican City: Pope Francis on June 17 appointed an Italian priest and philosopher as an “ecclesiastical assistant” to the Vatican’s communications department. Forty-year-old Father Luigi Maria Epicoco, from the southern Italian region of Puglia, is the author of more than 20 books and a frequent radio and television guest. HeContinue Reading
Srinagar: The Hajj Committee of India on June 16 cancelled all the applications for Haj-2021 after the Saudi government decided to cancel the International Haj for the second straight year in 2021 im wake of Covid pandemic. A circular issued by Chief Executive Officer Hajj Committee, Dr. Maqsood Ahmed Khan,Continue Reading
AIZAWL:Top leaders of Mizoram Presbyterian Church, the largest denomination in the State has urged the State government to take measure to resolve border disputes with neighbouring States, an official statement said. The church leaders called on Chief Minister Zoramthanga and urged him to resolve the border dispute with neighbouring StatesContinue Reading
For a lay person the visual of a person getting arrested or being escorted to court, includes him being restrained by handcuffs. That is how arrests were and are portrayed in movies and pop culture for decades. However, the use of handcuffs, while once a common practice, has now beenContinue Reading
New Delhi: Journalists and cartoonists are being targeted in India, contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s global stance on free speech and fostering democratic values in cyberspace, the Editors Guild of India said June 14. The government itself heaps pressure on these professionals if and when their views are criticalContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: A Dalit Christian movement has urged India;’s new Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli to take steps to appoint bishops from their community in vacant dioceses in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Such a move would “restore confidence in Dalit Catholics” and “prevent their imminent uprising inContinue Reading
An Indian man from the northeastern state of Mizoram, who is believed to have headed the “world’s largest family”, has died, officials said. Ziona Chana, 76, who headed a Christian sect that allowed polygamy for men, has left behind 38 wives and 89 children. The sect, called Chana Pawl, wasContinue Reading
The issue of ”Love Jihad” has cropped up again in Kerala after reports that the Centre has denied permission to return to four women, who had gone from the state to Afghanistan along with their husbands and children to live in the “Islamic Caliphate” promised by terror organisation IS. FourContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said it would pass orders on June 15 on closure of proceedings in India against two Italian marines, accused of killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast in February 2012, and the disbursal of rupees 10 crore compensation to the heirs of the victims. ReferringContinue Reading
New Delhi: In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pandemic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fides “United Christian Forum” (UCF), reporting the data obtained from the special “Toll-free number”, a telephoneContinue Reading
