Diphu,Assam: Karbi Anglong, the hill district in Central Assam ravaged by militancy and saddled with illiteracy, is set to witness a silent revolution in the field of education. Credit for such a revolution — at a time when any posting in Karbi Anglong government schools and the government college inContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Church specially Kandhamal Church remembers Late Emeritus Raphael Cheenath, SVD, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on August 14, 2017 on the day of First Death Anniversary. There was a commemoration of late brave prelate throughout Odisha. Priests, Religious offered special intention for the repose soul of Cheenath. The mass inContinue Reading
Rome: On the feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis said that the Virgin Mary is a symbol of how God often works though the poor and unknown to carry out His plan for redemption. Quoting the day’s reading, the pope recalled how Mary, pregnant with Jesus, brings joy to theContinue Reading
Pennsylvania ,USA: In an effort to draw the ‘selfie generation’ to Marian spirituality, the Pauline Fathers of Doylestown, Pennsylvania collected photos from dozens of countries around the world for a mosaic of Our Lady of Czestochowa. “In history of Our Lady of Czestochowa, it was a tradition to offer toContinue Reading
Guwahati/New Delhi: Death toll in the devastating Assam floods has crossed 100 so far with 16 fresh casualties in the past 48 hours. According to estimates, over 85% of the Kaziranga National Park is submerged under water and 22 lakh lives have been thrown out of gear in the 21Continue Reading
Six new cases of encephalitis deaths were reported from the paediatric ward of BRD Medical College Hospital here since Saturday, amid fresh blame game after 60 children died in the state-run hospital over the past one week. Even as the authorities grappled with the situation in the aftermath of theContinue Reading
Vatican City: The bishops of Australia have indicated that they will resist the Royal Commission’s proposal that priests be legally obligated to disclose details of sexual abuse revealed in the confessional, facing criminal charges if they don’t. “Confession in the Catholic Church is a spiritual encounter with God through theContinue Reading
Bengaluru: When her brother-in-law died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital last week, senior ophthalmic surgeon Dr Divya Subramanyam did not have to think twice about using his harvested corneas to help one of her patients. Within three hours, Preethi L, 14, underwent a corneal transpla nt on herContinue Reading
Mideast Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs decried the desperate situation they face as shepherds of churches “whose existence is in real danger.” They categorized the continued displacement of Christians from the Middle East as “a genocidal project, a humanitarian catastrophe and a plague of the earth’s civilization.” “The time has comeContinue Reading
Shimla: At least 48 people were killed and several injured after a massive landslide buried two government buses in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district, officials said on Sunday. The number of people killed could rise as over 50 passengers were travelling in the two buses hit by the landslide at KotpuriContinue Reading