By Mohammed Afroz and MD Tabrez Alam New Delhi: Jharkhand is considered one among the richest states in contemporary India because of its mineral resources and historical legacies of the commercial and cultural wealth of the past. Despite having an industrialized state, it continues to face the challenges of socioeconomicContinue Reading
By Andrea Tornielli Vatican City: A reading of the dossier published by the Secretariat of State containing documents and testimonies narrating the facts regarding the former cardinal archbishop of Washington dismissed from the clerical state. At the time of Theodore McCarrick’s appointment as Archbishop of Washington in 2000, the HolyContinue Reading
By T J S George Bengaluru: For America’s sake, and for the world’s sake, it was important that Donald Trump should not win a second term as President. That he came close to it points to the power of a disturbing element in American life — racism. Ultimately, racism countsContinue Reading
By Rajmohan Gandhi Illinois: By obliging millions of Americans to vote by mail, Covid has lengthened the counting process in America’s elections. Though it may seem that a cloud continues to hang over the outcome, some conclusions can perhaps be drawn. One is that Donald Trump’s exit is almost certain.Continue Reading
Irfan Engineer Mumbai: It is generally believed that Islam is a backward religion, reinforcing the beliefs of medieval period, if not of the ancient period, it is conservative and even fundamentalist in its outlook, and it motivates its followers to be intolerant and violent. Islam, it is further believed, isContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: The murder of French school teacher Samuel Paty by an 18 year old Muslim boy of Russian origin has opened the Pandora’s Box all over. Few days’ later three people were killed in Nice, in France again. There were protests against France in few Muslim majorityContinue Reading
By Tony PM and Peter Martin Ranchi: Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy’s arrest on the night of October 8 has caused a stir in India, especially in the country’s central and eastern region where the 83-year-old has spent half a century relentlessly fighting for the rights and values of indigenous people.Continue Reading
Ranchi: Father Stan Swamy is a Jesuit priest and a tribal rights activist based in Jharkhand, eastern India. Two days before his arrest, Father Stan Swamy, 83, a Jharkhand-based Jesuit priest, human rights activist and writer who was arrested by NIA on October 8 in the Bhima Koregaon case, hadContinue Reading
Rome: These days, WhatsApp messages from my 75-year-old nun-friend wakes me up. What a surprising development. She sends me good morning messages, good night messages, prayers, and even some good jokes. It is interesting to see the increasing number of religious men and women using the apps. The users rangeContinue Reading
Rome: The unholiest of scandals has erupted inside the Holy See — yet again. Vatican finances have always been unsavory, but in recent years Europe’s smallest state has acquired a reputation as the most corrupt on the Continent. Now the cardinal who until he was sacked in September was inContinue Reading