Rome: The Papal Foundation has awarded $798,244 in scholarships to priests, brothers, nuns and lay faithful from five continents to study at 16 universities in Rome as part of the Saint John Paul II Scholarship Program. The foundation’s mission is to serve the Pope and the Catholic Church through faith,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: A group of Catholic women says they are deeply concerned over a bishop’s controversial statement that now threatens communal harmony in India. In a statement endorsed by 89 Catholic women from across India urges the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India and its Kerala unit toContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi: No boat on a choppy Sea of Galilee would have been tossed as violently as the Church in India finds itself shaken today, trying to negotiate its way between competitive political space with Muslims and Hindus in distant Kerala, rampant persecution by non-state actors inContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: The participants of an online Asian workshop “On reporting and documentation on environment issues” were invited to embrace social media for “Digital Shepherding for Ecological Justice.” The workshop was organized by Salesian Father George Plathottam, secretary of the Federation of Bishops’ Conferences – Office of SocialContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: Some of you may have seen my latest YouTube Hindi video 1+1=11 (eleven). It is the title of a 2003 Bollywood movie starring Govinda and Sanjay Dutt. You may also have heard the Hindi saying “Akele channa bhar nahin phor sakta” (A single grain of gram cannotContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Screaming and shocking news: • “A 16-year-old boy sexually abused his 14-year-old sister since he used pornography excessively.” • “A school topper student got addicted to pornography and failed in his final exams. He then committed suicide.” • “A newly married woman divorced her husbandContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: A Catholic priest in central India has expressed happiness after the Supreme Court quashed a case of religious conversion against him. “I feel relaxed after nearly four years of exasperating legal battle,” Father George Mangalapilly, a professor at St Ephrem’s Theological College in Satna, MadhyaContinue Reading
By M K George Rome: One should think that Indian Christians are becoming aggressively anti-Muslim if we are to believe the media, particularly the social media. Whether it is the controversy on ‘love jihad,’ ‘benefits for minorities allegedly being swallowed by Muslims,’ or a movie made by a Muslim directorContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangalore: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on September 13 joined political and social leaders to mourn the death of Oscar Fernandes, a former federal minister. Fernandes, a member of the Congress party, died earlier in the day at Mangaluru, a port townContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: It was around 2 am on September 2 when I reached Christ the King Cathedral in Odisha’s Balasore town. Father Jadu Marandi, the cathedral parish priest, informed me about a memorial Mass for Father Arul Doss at 6:30 am. That was one of the exciting eventsContinue Reading
