India celebrates new feast of Mary Magdalene
2016-06-16
St. Francis Xavier built a small church consecrated to Mary Magdalene in 1544 in KeralaContinue Reading
“Mother Teresa was the best missionary of the millennium”
2016-06-16
Bishop Salvadore Lobo of Baruipur described Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, who will be canonised by Pope Francis on 4th September, as the “best missionary of the millennium”. Lobo, who headed the canonisation committee, reported that Christ had said to Mother Teresa in a vision, “Go into the houses, I cannotContinue Reading
Health ministry: India continues to be polio free
2016-06-15
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirmed on Wednesday that India continues to be polio free as the country has eradicated wild polio virus — the last case was seen on Jan 13, 2011, and it is more than five years that no wild polio virusContinue Reading
New aviation policy offers better fares, easier air travel
2016-06-15
Centre sticks to 20-aircraft norm for domestic sector, but does away with the rule needing five years of operationsContinue Reading
TN fishermen can fund island church but can’t build it
2016-06-15
Colombo: Tamil Nadu fishermen are welcome to make financial contributions for the reconstruction and expansion of St.Anthony’s church on Kachchativu, but they cannot participate in the actual building of the shrine, its priest, Fr.Jayaranjan told Express on Wednesday. Reacting to Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s demand that Indian Prime MinisterContinue Reading
Fend off external divisive forces: Manipur chief minister
2016-06-15
Manipur is the motherland of Meitei, Naga, Kuki, Meitei Pangal and other communitiesContinue Reading
Dow vs Bhopal rap video highlights gas tragedy
2016-06-15
Bhopal: After the viral video Kodaikanal Won’t, rapper Sofia Ashraf is back with another rap video demanding that Dow Chemicals be made accountable for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. Dow Chemicals brought Union Carbide, which ran the plant that was the site of the disaster, in 2001. The video wasContinue Reading
Gujarat’s menstrual hygiene project to cover 4 million women
2016-06-15
The project also covers secondary school girlsContinue Reading
Guyana – South Asian Jesuits’ best kept secret
2016-06-15
Pegged on the northern tip of Latin America and surrounded by Venezuela, Trinidad, and Brazil, Guyana is an amazing territory and a fascinating story! It celebrated its 50th anniversary of Independence on May 26 this year. Geographically, a Latin American territory, sharing the Amazonian forest with Brazil, extending to theContinue Reading