By Carlyne Remedios We all want to be healthy, get fit, prevent illness and be a better version of ourselves. But where do we even begin? It can get overwhelming; just the thought of getting on a diet plan can put us off even before we begin! Here are someContinue Reading
Kochi: Sathyadeepam, Kerala’s leading Church weekly, has criticized the ongoing Syro-Malabar Church Synod for allegedly deviating from real issues affecting Oriental rite. The real issue facing the Church is not liturgical but the controversial land deals, said the latest editorial of the weekly published by Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. “The real crisisContinue Reading
Dhaka/Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Early last month, Rakibul Alam’s makeshift home built of blue tarpaulin and bamboo turned into a muddy mess when heavy monsoon rain hit southern Bangladesh. Alam, his wife and their three children withstood knee-deep water inside their home for two days but were forced to evacuateContinue Reading
The Catholic Church in the Philippines has reiterated its commitment to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si, urging all to join the upcoming Season of Creation and sign a petition to world leaders to take action for a “healthy planet and healthy people”. “Code Red for humanity” Archbishop Romulo Valles ofContinue Reading
Rome: Hypocrites are afraid of the truth, fearful of who they really are and incapable of truly loving, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience. What hypocrites do “is like putting makeup on your soul, like putting makeup on your behavior” and hiding the truth, the pope said Aug.Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria MANGALURU: Clara D’Cunha is married with two children, and yet she manages a convent in Mangaluru, a southern Indian city. The Mangaluru-based Bethany congregation shifted its nuns from the beachside Good Shepherd Convent at Ullal to rural centers before handing over the convent and its campus toContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Neyyanttinkara: An altar girl presented her parish priest with a pair of sandals after Bishop Vincent Samuel of Neyyanttinkara blessed their renovated church on India’s Independence Day. Parishioners and others in the church watched with moist eyes as Father Aneesh Albert slipped his feet into the sandals.Continue Reading
Colombo, Catholics in Sri Lanka wore black and hoisted black flags on Aug. 21 to show their indignation over what they see as the government’s failure to respond adequately the 2019 Easter Sunday attack on churches. Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith of Colombo has been urging the government to name those behindContinue Reading
Adilabad: The tribal rights organisation, Tudum Debba, staged a dharna demanding the government to introduce Girijana Bandhu on the lines of the Dalit Bandhu scheme, in front of the Collectorate in Adilabad on Aug. 23. Hundreds of tribals belonging to different parts of the district gathered in front of theContinue Reading
Rome: Vandals have stolen a cross from the Catholic church in the Holy Land built on the site where tradition holds that Jesus performed the miracle of multiplying five loaves and two fishes to feed 5,000 people. Israeli police are investigating the theft of a six inch iron cross fromContinue Reading
