Fujairah – Since 2002 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church has been bringing together and supporting Catholics in Fujairah. The church also provides medical, educational and financial support to those in need, as well as social and fundraising activities. “Our church is a combination of almost everything. We are hereContinue Reading
Migrant families need to find ways to bring up their children as normal humansContinue Reading
The causes for recurring violence in the Bodo areas are deep-rootedContinue Reading
The Indian Divine Word Missionary currently working in the Netherlands, Europe mostly with migrantsContinue Reading
Bethlehem – More than 2,000 Indian migrant workers in the Holy Land took part in a brief pilgrimage from Jerusalem to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity over the weekend as part of their preparations for Christmas. As they walked the five miles between the cities on Dec. 13, the faithfulContinue Reading
A good beginning would be to recognize the “other” as a brother or sister, and not as a threat.Continue Reading
New Delhi – Members of the minority community from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be given five years’ visa instead of one-year as part of government’s effort to address their grievances and according citizenship in future. “The central government has decided that henceforth the long-term visa will be granted initiallyContinue Reading
Some 15,000 neo-Nazis dumped ‘pinstripe Nazis’ by commentators marched through the streets of Dresden in Germany carrying banners bearing slogans such as “Protect our homeland” “ Zero tolerance towards criminal asylum seekers” sending shock waves through the progressive and centrist forces of Europe who had thought they had buried fascismContinue Reading
American poet Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”—“Do I contradict myself/ Very well then I contradict myself/I am large, I contain multitudes”—seems tailor-made for India. Which country can India be compared to, in economic terms? Is India’s level of economic development more or less like Vietnam’s, because their per capita incomes,Continue Reading
In the past, Naga people were praised for their egalitarian and friendly mentality. They were considered to be open-minded and fun loving people. Communitarian spirit was found in all religious, social, economic and political activity. However, nothing remains static. Everything changes. It is high time for us to check whereContinue Reading
