New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has identified 791 women who were widowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has submitted a report to the city government to ensure their rehabilitation. The Commission has also conducted a social survey of all these women to help the governmentContinue Reading
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France:Catholic Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen celebrated a Mass on July 26 marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of Father Jacques Hamel in a terrorist attack. The Mass took place at the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, in northern France, where Hamel was killed by supporters of the Islamic StateContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: The magician was dressed in .flowing robes. He had his back to the audience. He claimed to be an alchemist that could change lead into gold – transubstantiation. In between his secret mumbo-jumbo he would suddenly turn around to face his audience, raise his arms, with hisContinue Reading
Shimla: Nine tourists have been killed in northern India after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by falling boulders. Three others were reportedly injured in the incident, which happened July 25 in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh Dramatic footage posted on social media showed large rocksContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: A July 25 news report on The News Room concerning a 31-year-old married woman’s torture by her husband and in-laws of barely three months, has the name of a Catholic priest, the reference to which makes disturbing reading. Beaten black and blue, starved, and beingContinue Reading
By Anugrah Kumar Guangdong: Police officers and Chinese Communist Party officials raided a church in Guangdong Province, which advocates for justice in China, while its pastor and elder were leading an online worship service on Zoom, forcing the two to stop preaching. Security agents, police officers and other officials surroundedContinue Reading
By Christopher Wells Vatican City: In his homily on the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis insists on the importance of young and old coming together in a covenantal sharing of life. As the Church marked the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly onContinue Reading
Hyderabad: UNESCO has conferred the World Heritage inscription to the historic Rudreswara Temple, also known as the Ramappa Temple, at Palampet in Mulugu district of Telangana, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on July 25. The Rudreswara temple was constructed in 1213 AD during the reign of the Kakatiya empireContinue Reading
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 25 shared how Indian researchers in 2005 uncovered the relics of a 16th-century Georgian queen, Ketevan the Martyr, from the Saint Augustine Church in Goa. “India handed over the holy relic or icon of Saint Queen Ketevan to the Government of GeorgiaContinue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic that led to the deaths of more than 4 million people worldwide also caused a spike in the number of children who are now orphaned, a new report has revealed. By April, over a year after countries worldwide were hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic, it’s estimatedContinue Reading
