Hanoi, Jan 31, 2019: In the dead of night in a Hanoi cemetery, Nguyen Van Thang’s casket is unearthed; his bones carefully cleaned, wrapped in silk and then reburied, so he can finally segue into the next life. The ceremony is one of Vietnam’s most sacred death rituals, an ancientContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 31, 2019: Late one night in the fall, about 200 female students in Bhopal, a city in central India, held a rare demonstration on their college’s basketball court. Their very presence there was an act of protest: Women were not allowed to be outside their dormitories afterContinue Reading
Vatican, Jan. 31, 2019: When Pope Francis becomes the first pope to visit the Arabian peninsula on Sunday, he takes another important step in his efforts to build bridges with Islam and confirms inter-religious dialogue as a keystone of his papacy. In the long, complicated and often bloody history ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jan .0, 2019: India has extended a helping hand to Philippines to counter terrorism and share its expertise to counter the menace. In an immediate letter to the Philippines President following the terror attack on the Church that killed 20 PM Narendra Modi expressed deep condolences at lossContinue Reading
By A.C. Michael New Delhi, Jan 31, 2019: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has brought together supporters of Kandhamal survivors to seek fresh legal options for seven “innocent” Christians convicted of murdering a Hindu religious leader more than ten years ago. The January 29 meeting at the CBCI headquartersContinue Reading
Mahbubnagar, Jan 30, 2019: Aggrieved over the unwarranted comments made by Baba Ramdev that Mother Teresa had got Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of India, just because she was a Christian, the members of Telangana Christian Association and United Christian Association in Mahbubnagar district termed the comments of BabaContinue Reading
Tura, Jan 30, 2019: Two senior priests in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district sustained injuries when a group of masked men attacked them inside a church early on Jan. 30, ransacked the premises and escaped with over Rs. 1 lakh in cash, a senior police officer said. This was theContinue Reading
Dominic Emmanuel It would not be an exaggeration to say that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was not born a saint but achieved it through readings and by leading a disciplined life. Several political leaders and true Gandhians will gather today at Rajghat to pay floral and prayerful tribute to the FatherContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Jan 30, 2019: Pope Francis will “encourage the Catholics throughout the world to continue to put into practice the teachings of the Church regarding dialogue with Muslims” when he visits the United Arab Emirates, according to one expert on interreligious dialogue. Francis will be the first popeContinue Reading
Italy: Sister Carla Venditti, a religious sister of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has for several years now divided her time between the streets of Rome and the nearby region of Abruzzo, where she evangelizes on the street and manages to save numerous young women from prostitution. TheContinue Reading