Indian Capuchin priest gets Honesty Award
Jan.08, 2014: An Indian Capuchin priest has been awarded the “Honesty Award “for the
year 2013 for journalism. Fr. Jacob Kani, editor –in-chief of Indian Currents weekly
was conferred the “Honesty Award 2013” for Journalism at Indore in Madhya Pradesh
State last Dec. 30th. According to a press statement, the priest was
given the award in recognition of the honest, fearless and courageous stand taken
by him as a journalist and editor of the weekly over the years. Honesty Awards are established by the Honesty Foundation in Goa. It was founded by Bernardo De Sousa, with the intention of recognizing and rewarding every act of honesty in all walks of life. The Foundation has been awarding honest students in the past years. It introduced the award for honest journalism for the first time in 2013.
Fr. Jacob Kani received the citation and cash prize of Rs.30,001 during the annual “Knit India “ program organised by the Universal Solidarity Movement (USM). founded by Fr-Varghese Allengaden. The statement said that the priest through the publication has been waging a relentless battle against corruption, religious fundamentalism and growing communalism in the country. Whenever the country faced the onslaught of religious fundamentalism and communal tensions, “Indian Currents” came out courageously and strongly against such forces, while adhering to the values of truth, justice and peace. More specifically, Indian Currents was in the forefront to expose those behind the violence in Kandhamal”, it added.
In September, 2012. Fr.Kano received the Bennet Memorial Award for journalism in New Delhi . The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) honoured Indian Currents in December 2013 for fearless journalism, as the weekly completed 25 years of publication.
Source:Ucan
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