Thailand: A Thai football team that had been lost in a cave for nine days has been found safe. There had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their football coach nine days ago. A massive rescue effort had been hamperedContinue Reading
Chennai: In a step towards the inclusion of the transgender community into mainstream society, Sathyasri Sharmila became India’s first transgender lawyer. Sharmila, who hails from Tamil Nadu, did not have an easy journey, as she was subject to torture and abuse on account of her gender. “Today, I enrolled myContinue Reading
Karachi’s Joseph Coutts was among 14 new cardinals to be created from around the world on Thursday and when Pope Francis presented him with the red hat, he became the fifth person of Goan origin to be appointed to the cardinalate. Coutts, 72, who traces his roots to Aldona andContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has taken measures to address a spiraling sex abuse scandal in Chile, but he hasn’t moved on a problem closer to home: Vatican City itself does not have policies to protect children from pedophile priests or require suspected abuse to be reported to police. Seven yearsContinue Reading
The cardinal has no jurisdiction over Latin dioceses or congregationsContinue Reading
Rome: “God’s Mason,” “Mother Teresa with pants,” “God’s soldier,” “the apostle of garbage” and “the insurgent of Madagascar” are but a handful of the nicknames given to Father Pedro Opeka, nominated multiple times for the Nobel Peace Prize, who’s also a recipient of France’s Legion of Honor and several papalContinue Reading
Sr Edathil belongs to the Bethany congregationContinue Reading
The nun says she had complained to the cardinal two years agoContinue Reading
Mumbai: Villagers in Maharashtra’s Dhule districted on July 1 killed five people they suspected as child kidnappers, police said. The five, along with a few others, were seen getting off a state transport bus in the tribal Rainpada village, about 325 km north of Mumbai, the state capital. When oneContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: A group of Catholic women from Kerala who spent five days in Kandhamal say the faith of Odisha’s persecuted Christians has deepened their belief in Christ. “The Christians of Kandhamal have manifested a deep-rooted faith in Christ by facing the worst religious persecution in modern India,”Continue Reading
