Nestled high in France’s Chartreuse Mountains, the Grande Chartreuse monastery is home to a cloister of Catholic monks. Adherents of the Carthusian order avoid contact with the outside world, the better to focus on contemplation and prayer. But this other-worldly setting is the birthplace of a very worldly product, ChartreuseContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Holy Spirit Sister Bernadisa Inocencia Pacis, a zealous Filipino, died after her 55 years of dedicated service in India. “Living her country, dedicating her life totally for the service of poorest of the poor, down trodden, marginalized, suppressed and oppressed in India more specially in Odisha, Jharsuguda Province wasContinue Reading
And Ruslan Sokolovsky, a 22-year-old from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, risks a five-year jail term after being charged with offending religious believers and inciting hatred.Continue Reading
Vladimir Putin is linked to opposition to Pope Francis, says Andrea Tornielli. Tornielli has been described as the Pope’s favourite journalist. He made the the suggestion in an article co-written with Giacomo Galeazzi for the Italian newspaper La Stampa. It is headlined “Catholics who are anti-Francis but love Putin”. TheyContinue Reading
Come October 31st 2016: India remembers Sardar Vallabhai Patel who was born on this day in 1875 in Gujarat; he was more famously called ‘the Iron Man of India’. As free India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, he worked tirelessly for national integration, fully convinced that groups likeContinue Reading
Police have rescued 10 teenage boys, allegedly trafficked and held in bondage in a shoe-sole factory in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, after a tip-off from a children’s helpline. Hundreds of children, mostly from poor rural areas of northern Indian states like Bihar, are brought to Bengaluru in KarnatakaContinue Reading
The earliest known inscription of the Ten Commandments has been placed for auction at the Heritage Auction house. The opening bid is $250,000 for the beautiful white marble tablet and the bidding begins in November. The inscription of the Ten Commandments, often described as “one of the most important documentsContinue Reading
The first indigenous missionary clerical congregation of north India, the Indian Missionary Society, is all set to celebrate its platinum jubilee, in the holy and eternal city, Varanasi, on November 3, 2016. In response to a long felt need for indigenous labourers for the spread of the Good News and to share inContinue Reading
Melbourne: In a horrific incident, a 29-year- old Indian-origin bus driver was Firday burned to death when a man poured some flammable liquid on him in front of several shocked passengers in Australia’s Brisbane city, police said. Manmeet Alisher, a well-known singer in the Punjabi community, was driving a BrisbaneContinue Reading
Shillong : Nine traders hailing from Mancachar area of Assam were abducted by armed militants in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya early Friday, police said. The traders who were going to a weekly market were taken at gun point from a forested area near Bilkona today, the police said.Continue Reading