By F M Britto Raipur, Aug 8, 2022: For nearly 45 years, a frail Catholic priest with long hair and beard and dressed in a white dhoti and yellow kurta with a thin white shawl used to move about in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. However, these days, theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, July 23, 2022: Sri Lankans are experiencing one of the worst economic and political crises today, yet they enjoy an “unusual unity and brotherhood,” say some Catholic nuns in the island nation in South Asia. “The north and south are united. Sinhalese and Tamils have joinedContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 22, 2022: Mother Teresa Rural Development Trust was started in 2011 with the main objective of serving aged women neglected by their families and society and orphan or semi-orphan. The purpose of keeping both the women and children in the same campus is toContinue Reading
By Valentina Angelucci Pescara, July 16, 2022: A bar of soap, a roll of toilet paper, a foam pillow, sheets, a plate: that is all that the inmates whom Sister Livia Ciaramella meets own. Looking at her old phone, she says, “Here is a message: a wife who is desperateContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, July 14, 2022: Lucy D’Souza was desperate. She lost her husband to cancer in 2020, and the pandemic took away her job as a housemaid. However, she managed to rebuild her life with what she says is “timely support” from some Catholic nuns. “Today, I makeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, June 30, 2022: Pushpa Das is now determined to work for ending gender discrimination because she believes a just society is possible only when women and girls are treated equally. “The vulnerable women and children are not generally given their due share in families andContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 13, 2022: Manoranjan Nayak, an officer of the Odisha Administration, thanks a Catholic priest for helping him reach where he is now. “I went through a critical financial constraint in 2002 when I started preparing for civil services. Father Abraham [Karukaparambil] came to my rescueContinue Reading
By Rita Joseph Kochi, June 9, 2022: A slum in this southwestern Indian city was once known as the “Enclave of Darkness” because it was the den of thugs, alcoholics, drug runners and psychopaths. It is now called Udaya Colony (Sunrise Enclave) after Catholic nuns dared to enter it 33Continue Reading
By Valentina Angelucci & Giuditta Bonsangue Rome, June 1, 2022: A blue, single-breasted jacket, beret, holster hanging on her belt, and the historical motto: Sub Lege Libertas. This is the image that comes to mind when picturing a woman wearing the uniform of the Italian State Police. And that’s howContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, June 1, 2022: Nuns from four congregations have been credited with merging their charisms to devise an integrated approach to treat and rehabilitate leprosy patients in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. “We follow different charisms and spirituality, but when we work together, they help peopleContinue Reading