The ruling of the local High Court clears the path for eugenics and is causing a stir. The court will allow abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy if the life of the mother is at risk or if the fetus has malformations. The sisters of Mother Teresa welcome children rejected by their families because of their disabilities.
The Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar initiated the formal canonization process for Christians killed by Hindu radicals during the pogroms of 2008. "It is our joy and task to collect all the documents to be brought to the Vatican," he says.
The youth ministry was behind the event on the initiative of the local bishop. Local kids come from poor families and start working before they are 18. The exercises "help young people keep away from drugs and crime, and strengthen them to meet the challenges of life”.
Members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh destroyed the Little Flower Higher Secondary School in Chinnasalem. Damages total US$ 145,000. Some women tried to strangle the nuns.
The religious symbols were in two Marian grottos in the dioceses of Miao and Itangar. Spokesman for the Church of the North-East: "We hope that these are isolated incidents and not the work of people with partisan interests". For Sajan K George, the incidents are part of an electoral dispute between Christian and Hindu candidates.
Jean Dreze is a world-renowned activist. Together with two colleagues, he refused to sign an oath of loyalty to the government. For him, democracy in India "is shrinking". Meanwhile, “people survive by eating rats,” says Sajan K George, and what does police do, they place people “in preventive custody for an unauthorised meeting”.
Indian authorities detained a Malaysian man who carried a live human embryo into Mumbai airport. He is believed to have made at least ten trips in the last 18 months. Indian doctor urges people to take part in a pro-life march on 24 March.
The vote will take place over seven days, from 11 April to 19 May. Several Catholic schools will be polling stations. The bishops of Tamil Nadu write to the electoral commission to change the date of the elections that take place on that April 18, Holy Thursday.
The Nirmala Matha Convent Matric Higher Secondary School in Kuniyamuthur, near Coimbatore, is run by the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. In order not to crowd the building during the exam days, the principal had scheduled the enrollment of kindergarten children on different days.
The Jesuit superior presents four "universal apostolic preferences" for the next ten years. For Archbishop Machado, the Holy Father suggests concrete ways of spirituality.
The foundress of the Missionaries of Charity could never bring her sisters to China. However, her message of love and charity towards the marginalised inspired a local lay association, which today has almost 6,000 members, serving the poor and the sick.
The bishops deplore the Kerala Church (Properties and Institution) Bill 2019. Secretary of Government: "People with partisan interests spread speculation". Former president of the Supreme Court: "Everything with an eye to the elections".
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