By Agence France-Presse A team of six naval officers is starting a historic and grueling around-the-world mission on Sunday — the first circumnavigation of the globe by an Indian all-female crew. Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi, who is leading the voyage which will begin in the western state of Goa, toldContinue Reading
Rome: In a move likely to generate special reaction in the English-speaking Catholic world, Pope Francis on Saturday made a series of amendments to Church law governing liturgical translation, the net effect of which is to shift a considerable share of the power away from the Vatican and to localContinue Reading
Amid lush greenery and tropical humidity, Pope Francis touched down in Villavicencio on Friday, September 8, bringing his message of peace to one of the most notorious sites of guerrilla warfare in Colombia for the past 50 years. Here, in one of the last major cities before the vast expanseContinue Reading
Kottayam: Two students of Amal Jyothi College of Engineering at Kanjirapally here were killed and around 20 others injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned at Magadi in Karnataka’s Chikkamagalurudistrict on Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Merin Sebastian and Irene Maria George. Three of the injured are critical, the college PROContinue Reading
Melbourne: India on Friday took up with Australia a recent offensive advertisement, which features Lord Ganesha and other divinities promoting consumption of lamb meat and demanded its withdrawal. The advertisement was released on Monday by the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), triggering protests from the Indian community in the country.Continue Reading
Suresh Moona Shivajinagar is where thousands of people belonging to different faiths, converge on September 8 every year. They all congregate to celebrate with all veneration, devotion and jubilation, the Birthday of mother Mary, the mother of Jesus. The statue of Mary is located in a shrine outside the mainContinue Reading
Mumbai: Archdiocese of Bombay has sent a letter to Press Council of India (PCI) stating that the article that appeared in a tabloid about St. Michael Church Mahim, is biased. This development was confirmed by Archdiocese of Bombay. After the local newspaper reported about the CCTV camera installed in Women’sContinue Reading
New Delhi: Around 50 organisations have come together in a civil society initiative under which volunteers will visit places where lynchings have been reported and meet the affected families. The month-long journey called “Karwan-e-Mohabbat” for “sharing pain, for atonement, for solidarity and for love” began from Assam on September 4Continue Reading
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy It was the desire to become a missionary that brought me to the Daughters of St. Paul in Mumbai, western India, more than four decades ago. There, I learned the first lessons of a media missionary through theory and practice. Our mission was to proclaim the Gospel throughContinue Reading
Singapore: A Chinese woman, raised by an Indian family, has been conferred with the ‘Champion of Community’ award for fostering 43 children in Singapore over a period of 35 years. Ms Indranee Elizabeth Nadisen,77, was Thursday awarded with a trophy and a check of 10,000 Singapore Dollars which she donatedContinue Reading