Activist narrates Indian women’s bravery at Vatican meet
2017-04-06
Brother Varghese Theckanath shared his encounters with women who challenged their fateContinue Reading
6-year-old Odisha girl saves elder sister from crocodile
2017-04-06
The two sisters were bathing in a pondContinue Reading
Bombay archdiocese honors those helping alcoholics
2017-04-06
“We alcoholics have been graced with a new life, through the gift of sobriety, so freely and compassionately bestowed upon us by our loving God.” This was the response from the director of an anti-alcoholism facility in Mumbai, which won an award for its work from the Archdiocese of Bombay.Continue Reading
Archbishop Moras to flag off first “Salvation Run”
2017-04-06
The sporting event involves 5 km run and 3 km walkContinue Reading
Vanishing tribe of Muslim Jogis of east UP
2017-04-05
Gorakhpur: Saffron-clad mystics playing musical instruments like sarangi and singing songs of King Bharthari and Gopichandra, couplets of Kabir, and also popular phrases from the Ramayana could be easily seen on the roads of East UP until few years ago. They sang: Gorakhpur mein Baba Gorakhnath/ Maghar mein Sant Kabir/Continue Reading
Tracing priest’s roots from Lanka to Divar
2017-04-05
The Sri Lankan pilgrims visited the ancestral house of Fr Jacome GonsalvesContinue Reading
Girls help preserve Kashmir’s Sufi music traditions
2017-04-05
Thousands of people in the Muslim-majority region follow Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam whose adherents seek spiritual communion through music and dance at the shrines of their saintsContinue Reading
Man beaten by cow vigilantes in Alwar dies of injuries
2017-04-05
Jaipur:A man who was assaulted by vigilantes on the suspicion of cow smuggling has died at a hospital in Alwar district of Rajasthan, police said Wednesday. The deceased, Pehlu Khan, and three others were beaten up by the vigilantes on Saturday while they were transporting cows in six vehicles toContinue Reading
Teen pleads guilty over plot to kill Pope during US visit
2017-04-05
Philadelphia: On Monday, 17 year-old Santos Colon of Lindenwold, New Jersey pleaded guilty to charges related to a plot to kill the Pope. The teen had reportedly devised a plot to kill Pope Francis and detonate explosives during the Holy Father’s visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of FamiliesContinue Reading
Hubballi youth waits for Pakistani wife
2017-04-05
Their marriage was nine months agoContinue Reading