Fr Jesu Pudumai Doss from India has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS), Rome, by Salesian Rector Major Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, who is also the university chancellor. Fr Doss has been teaching in the same university since 2002. Beginning May, he wasContinue Reading
Chennai-born Raja Rajeswari has been sworn-in as a criminal court judge in New York by Mayor Bill de Blasio, becoming the first India-born woman to be appointed a judge in New York City. Rajeswari, 43, who had migrated to the U.S. from Chennai as a teenager, previously worked with theContinue Reading
Mumbai — When she first got her period, 20-year-old Rahenaz Sayed would often be ostracized in her own home. “My aunt would not allow me to sit on the bed; I had to wash my comb, even my hair scrunchie after my period. My family told me that I couldn’tContinue Reading
UNICEF relief workers are watching for waterborne and infectious diseasesContinue Reading
Caritas India is coordinating with its Nepal counterpartContinue Reading
A Non Resident Indian had filed a divorce petition alleging that his wife was abusive to his family membersContinue Reading
Ministry of Education is removing some religious texts and passages on historical Islamic figuresContinue Reading
8 new Christ-centered productions in 3 years as “Da Vinci” fail continuesContinue Reading
Kathmandu — Pope Francis led the crowds gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for the weekly Regina Caeli address in praying for the victims of Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal which has claimed thousands of lives. “I wish to express my closeness to the populations struck by a powerful earthquake in NepalContinue Reading
Fr Sony George Kappalumackal said he experienced the inexplicable mercy of GodContinue Reading