By Tilotama R Marak Tura, Nov 9, 2021: The Garo tribe, living in the Garo Hills district of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, celebrates the Wangala, their most significant post-harvest festival, during October-November. The festival is a thanks giving ceremony to Misi Saljong, also known as Pattigipa Ra’rongipa orContinue Reading
By Anand Mathew Coorg, Nov 8, 2021: Father Snehanand, a member of the Indian Missionary Society (IMS) who trained innumerable batches of future missionary priests and religious sisters, died November 8 in Mysore, Karnataka. The death occurred at 6:10 am in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mysore. He was coma forContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 8, 2021: Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash has won this year’s “Louis Careno Award” for excellence in journalism. The Indian Catholic Press Association, the national body of Catholic print media persons, on November 8 selected Father Prakash for the annual award in recognition of hisContinue Reading
By Noella de Souza Mumbai, Nov 7, 2021: “Indians cheer Italian nun at key Vatican post” is the headline of a news report, but surprisingly the leaders of the sisters in India who have commented are precisely the ones who are the slowest in bringing about change in the livesContinue Reading
By Joseph Torongo Dhaka, Nov. 6, 2021: A two-month free Spoken English online course for indigenous students of Bangladesh, India and Nepal concluded November 5. Around 40 people attended the course conducted by some former students of Salesian College in Sonada, West Bengal, and Don Bosco University Guwahati, Assam. TheContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 5, 2021: Catholics in India, especially women religious, have applauded Pope Francis for appointing an Italian nun to a key Vatican post. They now urge the Church leaders in India to follow the Pope’s example to bring gender equality. The Pope on November 4Continue Reading
Kottayam, Nov 5, 2021: Students in Kerala went back to school on November 1 after a long spell of Covid 19 lockdown. Students of Don Bosco School in Puthuppally near Kottayam were in for a surprise and thrilled at what they saw in school. “Most children may not be ableContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Nov 5, 2021: A Catholic nun, who braved coronavirus pandemic and official apathy, to reach out to hundreds of stranded migrants laborers during lockdowns has won a prestigious award from the Indian Catholic Press Association. The national body of Catholic journalists on November 5 choseContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai, Nov 5, 2021: Stalin once ripped all the feathers off a live chicken as a lesson to his followers. He then set the chicken on the floor a short distance away. The chicken was bloodied and suffering immensely, yet, when Stalin began to toss some bitsContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Nov 3, 2021: Has Pope Francis sold his soul to the devil? Oops sorry, I meant Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Christians in India awoke on October) 31 morning to see screaming headlines accompanied by a large photograph of Pope Francis and Narendra Modi hugging each other. ItContinue Reading
