Toronto: Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto called for special prayers after a van jumped a curb and killed at least 10 people on a busy Toronto street. Although officials said the April 23 incident did not appear to be terrorism, they said it did appear to be deliberate. Cabinet membersContinue Reading
Longding district has the highest number of opium addicts in Arunachal PradeshContinue Reading
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Mexico: A Catholic priest was killed in the west-central Mexican state of Jalisco, the second priest murdered within one week in the country. Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia, 33, was performing the sacrament of penance on April 20 when attacked at a parish in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts ofContinue Reading
Kannur: A controversy has kicked up in Kerala, southern India, over the mysterious death of 33-year-old Latvian national. A highly decomposed body of Liga Skromane with severed head was discovered on April 20 near the banks of Karamana River in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The 33-year-old woman had gone missingContinue Reading
Father Varghese Payyappilly founded the Sisters of the DestituteContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on April 23 dismissed the plea of social activist Swami Agnivesh seeking deletion of scenes from the film ‘Padmaavat’ on the ground that it glorified the practice of ‘Jauhar’. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra rejected the plea of Angivesh whichContinue Reading
New Delhi: Jessica Lal’s sister Sabrina Lal has said she has no objection to the release of Manu Sharma from Tihar Jail, where he has been serving life term after being convicted for murder. Sabrina said she held no grudges against Sharma now as the only thing she had everContinue Reading
By Lijo Thomas Nagpur: Thousands of people on April 23 braved debilitating summer heat to attend the funeral of Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara in Nagpur. Cardinal Baselios Mar Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, led the funeral Mass at St Francis de Sales Cathedral in Nagpur while Cardinal George Alencherry, headContinue Reading
Shimla: The ambitious project of the Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation to restore and conserve two landmark heritage structures, the Christ Church and the Catholic Church, faces the threat of being shelved with there being divisions among the Christian community over the management of the exhaustive work. The RsContinue Reading