Londonderry, Aug 17, 2020: The sister of a nun who has been credited with fertility miracles since her death in an earthquake has spoken of her pride of a new mural in her hometown. Sister Clare Crockett, 33, was killed in an earthquake in Ecuador in April 2016. The buildingContinue Reading
C V Joseph Bengaluru, August 16, 2020: Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Kurian Joseph has inaugurated a new movement to end hunger named Mother’s Meal in Delhi on August 15. K J Alphonse, Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister also joined to inaugurate the movement by providing Survival KitsContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Aug 14, 2020: Sister Vimala Joseph Thottumannil has lived in the same convent in Mumbai, western India, for more than 30 years because of her specialized work: architecture. The member of the Italy-based Pie Discepole del Divin Maestro (Pious Disciples of the Divine Master) designed severalContinue Reading
By Geneva Abdul New Delhi, Aug. 12, 2020: How many days a month have you missed work or requested a day off for stomach pains and cramps because of menstruation? This was the question Zomato, one of India’s largest food-delivery firms, put to its 4,000 employees, 35 percent of themContinue Reading
By Benwen Lopez Pune, Aug 4, 2020: As India struggles to redefine secularism, a core value that guides its Constitution, a Jesuit priest tries to give an alternative understanding of the principle of separation of the state from religious institutions. Jesuit George Karuvelil recently published a book “Faith, Reason andContinue Reading
By Winnu Das & Anita Cheria Kuravilangad, July 31, 2020: The year 2020 has been marked by the most drastic changes in human lives and livelihood situations that our generation has seen globally. As August approaches discussions are rampant on social media and news channels about how people have respondedContinue Reading
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, July 24, 2020: The results of the Seroprevalence study in the national capital indicate that India will achieve herd immunity soon, says leading epidemiologist Jayaprakash Muliyil, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Epidemiology. Seroprevalence is the number of persons inContinue Reading
By Azmathulla Shariff Bengaluru, July 23, 2020: An NGO launched by a group young people in Bengaluru four years ago has been feeding those coming for treatment to the southern Indian city. “Our mission is to please the Almighty and we believe this is a kind of worship,” says SyedContinue Reading
Washington DC, July 22, 2020: As Christians and world leaders lament Turkey’s reconversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, some experts warn that the act could spell a religious resurgence as much as a nationalist action. “This is as much a religious statement as it is a geopolitical statement, andContinue Reading
Jessy Joseph New Delhi, July 14, 2020: Sister Sujata Jena could not sleep after seeing a picture of a young girl with a heavy load on her head in a WhatsApp message. “Her stained face, wet with tears, haunted me,” the member of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and MaryContinue Reading