Rome: Earlier this week the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, declared that the country will partake in an optional postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage. Australians will be called to express their opinion by November 2017 on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized in the country. Unlike aContinue Reading
Vatican City: The bishops of Australia have indicated that they will resist the Royal Commission’s proposal that priests be legally obligated to disclose details of sexual abuse revealed in the confessional, facing criminal charges if they don’t. “Confession in the Catholic Church is a spiritual encounter with God through theContinue Reading
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Kottayam,Kerala : A software engineer from Kottayam was found dead in her apartment in Clayton, Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Monisha Arun, 27, wife of Arun, hailing from Pala. According to reports available, Monisha was found dead in her apartment bedroom at Clayton, when Arun,Continue Reading
Melbourne: Sikh leaders are making efforts to establish their first place of worship in Geelong in Australia’s Victoria state by converting a historic former church building into a gurudwara. An application has been lodged before the City of Greater Geelong to convert a former South Geelong Uniting Church building intoContinue Reading
Melbourne: In a horrific incident, a 29-year- old Indian-origin bus driver was Firday burned to death when a man poured some flammable liquid on him in front of several shocked passengers in Australia’s Brisbane city, police said. Manmeet Alisher, a well-known singer in the Punjabi community, was driving a BrisbaneContinue Reading