MUMBAI: Some 10,000 Catholics assembled in the grounds of Don Bosco School on Jan. 28 to watch Fr Allwyn D’Silva and Fr Barthol Barretto consecrated auxiliary bishops of Bombay by Cardinal Oswald Gracias. The appointments were announced by Pope Francis December 20. Both Fr Allwyn and Fr Barthol are grassrootsContinue Reading
By: C.M. Paul Kolkata : A media group in Kolkata organized a day-long seminar on Media and Family Values with parents, teachers, students and media practitioners. Over 60 people participated in the event organized by Signis Bengal – a unit of Signis India –member of World Catholic Association for CommunicationContinue Reading
Ahmedabad:Police in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district have arrested a woman priest and her associate in connection with a case of cheating and recovered Rs 12 million, all in the denomination of Rs 2,000 currency notes, 2.4 kg gold biscuits and 25 liquor bottles from her house. She has been sent toContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid allegations of molestation, Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan resigned late on Thursday, Government sources said. His resignation comes after the Union Home Ministry on Thursday morning sought a response from Meghalaya Government on the allegations against Shanmuganathan. The Ministry also sought a clarifications from the Governor over reportsContinue Reading
Mumbai: St John the Baptist Church at Thane has shown the most energy efficient way to pray by using a large fan – equivalent to 10 household fans – that ensures 30% reduction in electricity consumption and cools a church that has an attendance of 1,000 people on Sundays. AuxiliaryContinue Reading
Kochi: Kerala, the state with the highest sex ratio in the country has decided to set up a women’s battalion in its Police force with its headquarters either in Thiruvananthapuram or Kannur. This decision, by the state cabinet on Wednesday is part of increasing the strength of women in policeContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Jorhat – Deputy Commissioner of Jorhat District, Assam, Shree Virendra Mittal, IAS, honoured the director of Institution for Culture And Rural Development (I-CARD), Fr. K. A. Thomas at the Republic day event held on 26 January. Salesian Fr. Thomas was given a prize and a citation, “for promotingContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: The Padma Shri awards celebrate the ‘Unsung Hero’ this year – among them a 76-year-old martial arts expert, a weaver, doctors, environmentalists and civic workers. Over the years, these silent workers have enriched India in many ways – from cleaning up clogged rivers to building bridges at one-tenthContinue Reading
Mumbai: If it was good enough for Jesus Christ, it’s good enough for you. Coffins have been integral to burials in the Christian community. But given the space crunch for burials in the city, the Archdiocese of Bombay began actively encouraging families this week to opt for burials in shroudsContinue Reading
Mumbai: Social workers have asked the union government to honour 91-year-old Father Federico Gussi Sopena, a Spaniard, who got his Indian citizenship last year after spending more than 65 years in the country. The priest is in a critical condition and undergoing treatment at Holy Spirit Hospital in Andheri. VaishaliContinue Reading