Archbishop Moras to flag off first “Salvation Run”
2017-04-06
The sporting event involves 5 km run and 3 km walkContinue Reading
Vanishing tribe of Muslim Jogis of east UP
2017-04-05
Gorakhpur: Saffron-clad mystics playing musical instruments like sarangi and singing songs of King Bharthari and Gopichandra, couplets of Kabir, and also popular phrases from the Ramayana could be easily seen on the roads of East UP until few years ago. They sang: Gorakhpur mein Baba Gorakhnath/ Maghar mein Sant Kabir/Continue Reading
Tracing priest’s roots from Lanka to Divar
2017-04-05
The Sri Lankan pilgrims visited the ancestral house of Fr Jacome GonsalvesContinue Reading
Girls help preserve Kashmir’s Sufi music traditions
2017-04-05
Thousands of people in the Muslim-majority region follow Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam whose adherents seek spiritual communion through music and dance at the shrines of their saintsContinue Reading
Man beaten by cow vigilantes in Alwar dies of injuries
2017-04-05
Jaipur:A man who was assaulted by vigilantes on the suspicion of cow smuggling has died at a hospital in Alwar district of Rajasthan, police said Wednesday. The deceased, Pehlu Khan, and three others were beaten up by the vigilantes on Saturday while they were transporting cows in six vehicles toContinue Reading
Teen pleads guilty over plot to kill Pope during US visit
2017-04-05
Philadelphia: On Monday, 17 year-old Santos Colon of Lindenwold, New Jersey pleaded guilty to charges related to a plot to kill the Pope. The teen had reportedly devised a plot to kill Pope Francis and detonate explosives during the Holy Father’s visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of FamiliesContinue Reading
Hubballi youth waits for Pakistani wife
2017-04-05
Their marriage was nine months agoContinue Reading
Michelangelo crucifix finds place in Florence church
2017-04-05
He left a 1.40 meter sculpture of nude Jesus Christ on the crossContinue Reading
Pope Francis calls Syria attack ‘unacceptable’
2017-04-05
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned a suspected chemical attack in Syria that left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town as an “unacceptable massacre” “We watch horrified as the latest events in Syria unfold,” Francis said at his midweek public audience in St Peter’s square. “I completely deplore theContinue Reading
Asian Youth Day 2017 to stress unity amidst diversity
2017-04-05
The Asian Youth Day (AYD), a major event of Asia’s Catholic Church, is taking centre stage in less than 4 months in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Some 3000 young people from 29 Asian countries are expected to gather in the central Javanese city, July 30th – August 9th, 2017, forContinue Reading