St. Patrick’s Cathedral was the site of protests over the church’s position on homosexuality and AIDS. On Thursday, it hosted a jubilant funeral for Cecilia Gentili, a former sex worker and actress.
The diocese said that Rev Fr Dominic Pinto, as director of the Navintha Pastoral Centre, was in no way responsible for a meeting but was only providing the facilities
James Hardiman, the Galway historian, wrote the following in 1820, “This colony has from time immemorial been ruled by one of their own body, periodically elected. This individual, who is dignified with the title of Mayor, in imitation of the head municipal officer of the town, regulates the community according to their own peculiar laws and customs, and settles all their fishery disputes. His decisions are so decisive, and much respected that the parties are seldom known to carry their differences before a legal tribunal, or to trouble the legal magistrates”.
A police team raided the conference hall of the church and found that around 200 people, mostly from Scheduled Caste communities had gathered on the call of the priest | Latest News India
Divisional commissioner Kaushal Raj Sharma refuted the lawyer’s claim that entry of devotees was also allowed inside the Gyanvapi southern cellar following the court order. The commissioner stated that only the priest assigned by Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust is allowed to perform rituals in the southern cellar.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said he would direct officials to withdraw the recovery notice issued by a Tahsildar to priest and Kannada writer Hiremagalur Kannan. | Bengaluru News