By Najiya O Calicut, March 27, 2022: Jushna Shahin’s earliest memories are of watching football matches on TV with her family in Kerala’s Mangattuparamb village. As a die-hard Lionel Messi fan, Shahin got her chance to do her bit for the game in 2009 when she was selected among theContinue Reading
By Robancy A. Helen Trichy, March 27, 2022: We began the season of Lent with a heaviness of hearts as we watched the war between Russia and Ukraine. People from across the globe expressed their dismay to try to stop the war. They protested against war and welcomed peace andContinue Reading
By Chirendra Satyal Kathmandu, March 27, 2022: The superior of the Missionaries of Charity in Kathmandu has been put on ventilator after she met with a serious road accident in the Himalayan Kingdom. The accident occurred March 26 when Sister M Sachita was traveling by a bus to Kathmandu fromContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 26, 2022: The leader of a Catholic laity forum March 26 welcomed the refusal of the Indian Supreme Court to entertain a petition seeking the establishment of a board to monitor Christian missionaries’ activities. “Good directive from the Supreme Court,” says chhotebhai, convenerContinue Reading
By Stan Alla New Delhi, March 26, 2022: Father Poulose Mangai, a renowned professor of theology who worked among rickshaw pullers of Old Delhi area, died on March 26 after a brief hospitalization. A message from Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi expressed sadness over the death of “our dear FatherContinue Reading
By Devin Watkins Vatican City, March 26, 2022: Pope Francis On March 25 prayed the Act of Consecration of humanity, especially of Russia and Ukraine, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The consecration took place at the annual “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten penitential service at 5 pm inContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Guwahati, March 25, 2022: The Catholic bishops of northeastern India on March 25 responded to the appeal of Pope Francis and spiritually joined him in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the wake of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, theContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, March 26, 2022: Catholics in the archdiocese of Bombay on March 25 joined Pope Francis to consecrate to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Russia and Ukraine, now engaged in a fierce war. This was in response to Pope Francis’ call to Catholics to join him inContinue Reading
By Julio Ribeiro Mumbai, March 25, 2022: When I opined in an earlier article that the hijab has no Koranic sanction and that a ban on wearing it to college is something that the girls who wear it should not defy, I was upbraided by my daughters and grand-daughter! TheirContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario The war within goes on A grinding conflict within and outside For the world, it is a war To kill and destroy For those in power, it is an operation To wipe out humanity though not intentionally. Claiming one’s identity, hegemony and the boundaries Desirable butContinue Reading
