Born in the year 1930 to a steelworker father and a mother who was a choir teacher, Harris grew up in Philadelphia. She actively participated in the civil rights movement during the 1960s.

A nun has made serious allegations against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Diocese of Jalandhar. She has accused him or rape and unnatural sex. Crisis time for Catholic Church The Catholic Church in Kottayam is facing a time of crisis following the allegations made by the nun against the Bishop of the Church. The investigation […]

In a revolutionary move, survivors of child sexual abuse will now be able to sue churches and other institutions following changes to New South Wales’s civil litigation laws, authorities confirmed. The landmark decision came in Australia’s most populous state. The proposal came after a five-year royal commission. Victims of child sex abuse or clerical abuse […]

In an effort to stop growing sexual crimes involving priests in the state, a Catholic Reformation Movement was organized by a group of Christians in Kerala, demanding that nuns should be allowed to hear confession for women and minor girls, not priests.

At a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, Pope Francis said that it is not restricted if mothers want to breastfeed their children in the church. In fact, he openly suggested to the women if they want to do the same, they can.

In the latest of hate crimes taking place in the US, a hijab-clad woman was hit in the face with a bottle in broad daylight. The student of Washington University suffered bruises on her face and a concussion. A reward of $5000 has been announced by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for information leading […]

Efforts have been made to persuade the Catholic church in India to take steps against the clergy who have been accused of sexually abusing women. While this development is taking its own slow process and time, Catholic women have come together address this issue themselves. An NGO Streevani [voice of women] along with Satyashodak [seekers […]

Will the Catholic Church ever have women priests? Well, Pope Francis has clearly said no to such a suggestion. “It will stand forever,” he said on Tuesday, as reported by Reuters. The comment came when a Swedish women journalist asked the Pope whether or not someday women would become Catholic priests and bishops, giving the example of the […]