Daily Archives: December 7, 2017

From The States

NIA files third status report in SC in Kerala ‘love jihad’ case

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 23 submitted a third status report on the Kerala ‘love jihad’ episode to the Supreme Court, where the case is scheduled for hearing on Nov. 27.

The agency completed the detailed status report after a thorough examination of 11 cases of alleged ‘love jihad’ and handed it over to the Supreme Court in a sealed envelope, an official said.

Hadiya is in the custody of her parents following Kerala High Court order. Supreme court has allowed to continue her studies in Tamil Nadu as she claimed that her conversion was by her own will and wants to live by her husband in the court.

International

Vatican scolds Chinese priest for self-ordination

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The Vatican warned the underground Catholic Church in China against ordaining bishops apart from the Holy See, as tensions rise over a proposed agreement between the Vatican and China’s communist leaders.

“The Holy See has not authorized any ordination, nor has it been officially informed of such events,” the church statement said. “Should such episcopal ordinations have occurred, they would constitute a grave violation of canonical norms.”

From The States

Archaeology department stalls church renovation in Kerala

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Renovations of a historic church near Kochi was stopped after the Archaeology department intervened, on receiving requests from an action council to protect the heritage structure. Authorities at the St Louis Catholic Church in Mundamveli have said that they have stopped a move to make alterations inside the church after they received a stop memo from the State Archaeology Department.