By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 20, 2023: Social activists in India say the Supreme Court granting bail to Teesta Setalvad has restored people’s faith in the country’s legal system. “With the relief to activist Teesta from the Supreme Court, our faith in the legal system is being gradually restored,”Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 15, 2023: Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on June 15 commended the Karnataka government for repealing the controversial Anti-Conversion law, enforced by the previous Hindu nationalist government. “On behalf of the Christian Community, I express my profound gratitude and satisfaction towards the government of KarnatakaContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 2, 2022: Human rights activists have expressed relief after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Teesta Setalvad, who has been in jail since June 25 for alleged conspiracy to “destabilize the government” after the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. “A big relief indeed,” saysContinue Reading
Father Cedric Prakash of the Jesuit Gujarat Province has just returned from the Middle East after a three-year stint with the Jesuit Refugee Service there. Fr Cedric is an internationally acclaimed human rights and peace activist and recipient of several awards including the ‘Legion of Honour’ from the President ofContinue Reading
Pretending that these are not ‘dark times’ and that the situation is not serious, will only mean an encouragement to the fascist, fundamentalist and fanatic forcesContinue Reading
Fr Pedro Arrupe was born on November 14, 1907Continue Reading
Exactly 57 years ago, God gave to the Church and to world an expert windows opener in the person of Pope John XXIIIContinue Reading
A wealth of values that still thrives in the hearts and lives of the Syrian peopleContinue Reading
June 26 is designated by the UN General Assembly as the ‘International Day in Support of Victims of Torture,’Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ On expected lines, President Donald Trump has done it! In a major speech in Washington on June 1, Trump told the world that he was pulling out the United States from the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. In doing so, the US is onlyContinue Reading