Today is the 15th of August, India’s Independence Day. We carry a piece by Peace Activist and writer Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ, who asks a few searching questions that thinking citizens should ponder about. The article has been slightly edited for clarity- Editor. The official lines on this ongoing festival of Independence state, “Azadi Ka […]
Human rights observers say that every year as many as 1,000 mostly Christian and Hindu girls and young women in Pakistan are raped and subjected to forced conversions and marriages to Sunni Muslim men. As a result, Pakistan is designated as a “Country of Particular Concern” on the U.S. Department of State’s Religious Freedom Report. […]
अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय मानव अधिकार की किताबों में (Articles 9,18) तथा भारत के संविधान की किताबों में (Articles 25,26,27,28,) किती भी व्यक्ति को अपने पसंद के किसी भी धर्म को अपनाने और उसे प्रसार- प्रचार करने का अधिकार दिया गया है । परंतु समय समय पर इन धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता के अधिकारों पर हस्तक्षेप की घटनायें देखने-सुनने को […]
Even in his death, Stan challenges one and all to do much more, in the face of the deteriorating situation.
Members of Bodh Gaya (Bihar) tiny Catholic community gathered together at the chapel of the Jesuit run social centre Jivan Sangam on June 28 to bid farewell and celebrate the life of Religious Brother Felix D’Mello of the Missionary Brothers of Charity (MC). Brother Felix, (84) was among the earliest postulants who joined St. Teresa […]
Sir, It is distressing to note that another two Catholic priests killed in Nigeria over the weekend, one in Kaduna and other in Edo, states of Nigeria. Fr. Vitus Borogo, was serving in the Archdiocese of Kaduna, was killed on June 25 “at Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the farm […]
The ‘War on Drugs’ is on in north-eastern India is on a new high. More than seven tonnes (7,000 kilograms) of all kinds of narcotics , seized by various law enforcement agencies were destroyed in the states of Assam, Manipur and Mizoram over the weekend. In Assam, narcotics seized by the Dibrugarh police in different […]
The border dispute between Assam & Mizoram has been as old as one can remember. This has led to numerous clashes between the two states in the past. The recent 26th July’2021 clash that erupted at the borders between them saw; Six Assam Police personnel being killed and at least 70 persons injured when both […]
‘It is ‘Laity Sunday’ once again on 26 June! A time for the Church once again to introspect and to see whether the much flaunted ‘lay collaboration’ actually exists in reality or not!‘ says Fr Cedric Prakash SJ In a highly clerical and patriarchal Church, which has stubbornly refused to accept in toto the changes […]
Once upon a time the city of Mumbai (Bombay) was made up of seven lush, green islands. Mahikavati or Mahim was one of them. Over time, Mahim was inhabited by Hindus and Muslims. In the year 1534 the Portuguese arrived and took a great fancy for the island. With them came the first missionaries…The Franciscans. […]
An SHO (Station House Officer) and a constable in Rajasthan were suspended on earlier this week in a virtual sex related blackmail incident. The SHO accused the constable of blackmailing him. The men were reportedly in a ‘relationship’. Nagaur superintendent of police Ram Moorty Joshy says the action was taken because the duo ‘harmed the […]
The bodies of two Jesuit priests and a tour guide shot dead this week in a gang-ravaged area of northern Mexico were found on Wednesday after a major search, authorities said.The three were killed on Monday after a suspected run-in with a wanted drug trafficker in the border state of Chihuahua, a crime that drew […]
