Rome: Pope Francis celebrated an ecumenical Pentecost vigil on June 3 with some 50,000 Catholic charismatics and Pentecostals from more than 125 countries who gathered for praise and worship at the site of the ancient Roman Circus Maximus. The Pope joined in the singing as he stood between Michelle Moran,Continue Reading
Marawi: ISIS militants have gone a sacrilegious rampage, smashing statues and setting fire to a church building in footage purportedly filmed in a besieged city in the southern Philippines. The jihadis gleefully topple crucifixes, stamp on posters of Pope Francis and destroy effigies in the church, believed to be locatedContinue Reading
By Shafeeq Hudawi Kozhikode: For Muslims, Ramadan is not only a time observe fast but also a month of celebrating togetherness through Iftars, the collective breaking of fast. Mosques, institutions, markets and public places host Iftar during the holy month, and in Kerala, which has more than 30,000 mosques, theContinue Reading
Sindh: A Pakistani Christian sewerage cleaner has died after three doctors refused to treat him until his sludge-covered body had been washed.The physicians said their Ramadan fast would be invalid (“makruh”) because he was “unclean” and belonged to a low caste. The word for low caste, “chuhra”, especially derogatory, isContinue Reading
Mass conversion is planned at Muzaffarnagar on June 14Continue Reading
Vatican: The staff and students of the schools of Miao Diocese in north-east India kicked off their new academic year on Monday, marking World Environment Day. Schools under the Newman Educational Society (NES), the educational wing of Diocese of Miao in east Arunachal Pradesh state, made the most of theContinue Reading
Ernakulam: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, winding up a three-day visit to Kerala on Sunday, gave a clear message to the state unit of the party—win the support of all non-Muslim minorities, especially Christians, and backward caste Hindus, in order to win more seats in the 2019 generalContinue Reading
Margao: The annual feast of the Pentecost was celebrated at the Holy Spirit Church, Margao. In his homily, the main celebrant at the solemn concelebrated feast mass at 9.30am, rector of the Rachol Seminary, Fr Aleixo Menezes emphasised upon the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit — wisdom, understanding, counsel,Continue Reading
Dubai: A luxury hotel in the UAE has employed eight cats to help its employees beat work-related stress, a media report said today. The Abu Dhabi-based hotel said the felines were recruited as part of its “office cat” policy to assist employees in unwinding and increasing productivity. Guests visiting theContinue Reading
Emphasising on the relevance of Indian music and its diversity, the prime minister said, “Hindustani music of the north, Carnatic music of the south, Rabindrasangeet of Bengal, Jyoti Sangeet of Assam and Sufi music of Jammu and Kashmir, all these musical traditions set the base of our Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb”Continue Reading