At least 23 journalists and media houses came under attack by miscreants in the three Northeast states of Tripura, Assam and Manipur in 2021. Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) states this in its report titled – “India Press Freedom Report 2021”, which was released on Wednesday [February 2]. In its report, the RRAG has […]
India waited with baited breath as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the current fiscal year in the Parliament on Tuesday. Predictably, the budget was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said ‘This budget brings in new hopes and opportunities for the people. It strengthens the economy; it’s full of […]
The Covid- 19 pandemic has proven one thing: that in the hard-nosed world of vaccine politics and big business pharmaceuticals, ‘charity’ and ‘goodwill’ take a back-seat. This week, the WHO announced the global milestone of having produced vaccines for 10 billion people worldwide against the covid virus. When French President Emmanuel Macron took the Covid-19 […]
Fr Cedric Prakash SJ forwards an appeal to all liberal citizens as well as to the Church Outside the St. Michael’s Church in Mahim Mumbai is a powerful slogan. “God will always abide with me, even if I retreat!” In many ways this creative caption sums up the raging controversy on ‘Abide With Me’ that […]
Against a background of ‘well-planned attacks’ on Christian institutions reported in the media and 486 incidents of violence against Christians in the past year (as reported by United Christian Front) the voice of the official church, the CBCI(Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India*) is missing. This is the gist of an appeal sent out to CBCI […]
Hundreds of migrant workers in the states of Delhi and Kerala have been linked to a special Government portal that will give them access to various government services across the country, thanks to an initiative by the Jesuit Conference of India, and more will follow. The campaign started by the Migrant Assistance and Information Network […]
The new front for confrontation against ‘Conversions to Christianity’ is opening up along India’s North-western border, as a leading Sikh cleric accuses ‘Christian missionaries’ of ‘aggressive proselytisation’ and vows to stem the tide. Even as Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore and various Christian leaders have condemned the continuous harassment on the Christian Missionaries in Karnataka […]
On this World Food Day- 16th October- Human Rights campaigner Fr Cedric Prakash SJ – gives us serious food for thought. Come 16 October – and the world once again is together as one, to focus on the most basic need for a person’s survival: food! The first ‘World Food Day’ was observed in 1994, […]
On Saturday, (25th September) the streets of Washington D C were flooded with people walking in solidarity towards a cause often neglected. It was the second annual ‘ March For the Martyrs.’ What martyrs were they walking for ? Even though the world voices the idea of free choice of practicing any religion, doing so […]
The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) has established a Bioethics Forum, which will be headed by Archbishop Felix Toppo SJ of Ranchi, chairman of the CCBI Commission for Theology and Doctrine, will be head the forum. Father Christopher Vimalraj, currently the director of Germain Academy, from the Archdiocese of Bangalore is its first […]
Cases of communal violence in 2020 nearly doubled from 2019 even as the country witnessed a strict restriction on outdoor activities due to COVID-19 pandemic during the past year, says the latest government data. The National Crime Report Bureau ( NCRB ) has released the annual report of 2020, which shockingly stated that there were […]
Tributes and condolences are pouring in from all parts of the country as the Indian Christian community and national political and civic leaders mourn the death of 80 year old Oscar Fernandes, a prominent Catholic politician from Karnataka State and former Union minister, on September 13. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the […]
