Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, July 3, 2019: A court in India has told police not to take any further action against Cardinal Oswald Gracias of the Archdiocese of Bombay and two of his auxiliary bishops in a case where they are accused of not informing the authorities of an abuse accusationContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 3, 2019: Is Kerala above rule of law”, an angry Supreme Court asked on July 2 as it blasted the Kerala government and threatened to put its chief secretary behind bars for not implementing its 2017 judgment on a dispute between two factions on right to conductContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, July 3, 2019: The Sacred Hearts Congregation’s “a glass of milk” mission has helped reduced malnutrition among children in the Philippines. “Millions of underfed and malnourished Filipino children go to school with empty stomachs – a barrier to their healthy development in their growing up years,”Continue Reading
Cancer is the deadliest disease which often compels humans to surrender thereto. Scientists around the world have been working day and night for decades on the evil disease; nevertheless they have failed to discover any guaranteed cure. But Indian doctor Vishal Rao has apparently brought about a revolution in throatContinue Reading
By Mazhar Zaidi July 1, 2019 The terrible costs of the conflict between India and Pakistan — regional instability, militarization and economic disruption — make global headlines. But there is a largely ignored victim of the crisis: the movie business in Pakistan. There is a long history of politics hurtingContinue Reading
Ratnagiri, July 3, 2019: Twenty-three persons are feared dead after a dam in Maharashtra’s coastal Konkan region breached following incessant rains leading to flood-like situation in downstream villages, officials said July 3. Bodies of 11 persons have been recovered so far, a police official said. The total toll would beContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 2: Muslim Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim, 18, has announced she will quit acting, saying that the profession “threatened” her relationship with her religion. “This journey has been exhausting, to battle my soul for so long,” she wrote in a lengthy Facebook post on June 30. Indians on socialContinue Reading
Bethlehem, July 2, 2019: Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born, was removed from UNESCO’s list of endangered world heritage sites Tuesday following restorations there. The church was named a UNESCO world heritage site in 2012 and placed on its endangered listContinue Reading
By Kai Schultz and Hari Kumar Ayodhya, July 2, 2019: The barefooted pilgrims passed by watchtowers, checkpoints and walls topped with barbed wire. They emptied their pockets, stepped through four metal detectors and lined up, single file, to enter a path enclosed by a narrow cage. At the end ofContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, July 2, 2019: The controversial and self-proclaimed ‘godman’ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is currently serving a life-term in at the Sunaria jail in Rohtak after being convicted in two cases of rape and the murder of a journalist. Recently, he applied for 42Continue Reading