The Vatican has approved new guidelines for Italy that say that an applicant for the seminary cannot be rejected simply because he is gay, as long as he remains celibate. The guidelines say that seminary directors should consider sexual orientation as only one aspect of a candidate’s personality. They do not change the Roman Catholic…
“For a woman to be appointed as prefect would be great news, if it weren’t for the fact that she has been flanked by someone, it’s like assigning a custodian who can control her,” said Lucetta Scaraffia, a church historian and feminist, who said that in this context, the appointment was “window dressing.” Sister Brambilla…
NEW DELHI: Calling Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal “Bagula Bhagat,” BJP on Wednesday criticised AAP and said that it has lost its “credibility” by following “the same old Congress politics.”Regarding Kejriwal’s electoral promise to provide Rs 18,000 monthly honorarium to temple priests and gurudwara granthis, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi stated that the AAP…
NEW DELHI: Two Iskcon priests who were associates of Chinmoy Krishna Das were arrested in Bangladesh on Saturday, Iskcon Kolkata vice president Radharamn Das said amid escalating tensions within the country’s Hindu community. Speaking to PTI, Radharamn said, “I have received information that two more Iskcon monks have been arrested by police in Bangladesh.”In a…
In Bangladesh, minority Hindus held protests in response to the arrest and denied bail of priest Chinmoy Prabhu, leading to clashes with security forces. The unrest has stirred fear within the community, and there has been no outreach from the Bangladeshi administration. Meanwhile, BJP in India is also protesting, planning action at the Bangladesh Deputy…