Panaji – Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday said some people are born with disabilities due to the “mistake” and “negligence” committed by God. “There are some brothers and sisters in the society, who are born with certain disabilities. God forgets to give them certain things. That is negligenceContinue Reading
Madhu – Kunaratnam Sabaratnam’s legs were severed by a shell in the closing stages of Sri Lanka’s ethnic war. But shaking hands with Pope Francis at the Marian shrine in Madhu “was like meeting God, and the pope’s touch took way all my pains of these years,” Sabaratnam told CatholicContinue Reading
Vatican City – Pope Francis has rejected the “simplistic” belief that large families are among the causes of poverty, stressing that economic systems which create a culture of waste are to blame. “Families know they are essential to the life of society,” the Pope said Jan. 21 during his firstContinue Reading
Vatican City – The appointment of Bishop Mario Toso as head of the small Italian diocese of Faenza-Modigliana leaves vacant the post of secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, a Vatican office that will be involved in the larger process of Curia reform. Bishop Toso, a Salesian,Continue Reading
Special consultation urges government to uphold India’s secular natureContinue Reading
The organizing committee comprises 12 office-bearers, a 31-member executive council and a 17- member advisory board.Continue Reading
Azizpur – A Hindu woman who saved lives of 10 Muslims in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district during the recent clashes in which five people died is being hailed as a hero. Shail Devi, a widow in her early 50s, risking her own life, gave shelter to her Muslim neighbours when aContinue Reading
Top court rejects application to appeal a ban on the Catholic Church’s use of the word “Allah” to refer to God.Continue Reading
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of reports about a church in Vikaspuri , which was vandalised last week. Prior to this, four other incidents of attacks and suspected arson at Christian religious institutions have occurred in Dilshad Garden, Rohini and Jasola sinceContinue Reading
Guwahati – Moral policing, saffron censorship, ghar wapsi, vandalism by saffron ‘youth brigade’ and ordinance raj have become the order of the day in the ‘ache din’ promised by PM Modi as he rode the waves of electoral juggernaut 2014. Today, the film certification body in India, Central Board ofContinue Reading