By Emily Schmall and Karan Deep Singh AGRA: From a rickety fishing boat on the Yamuna River, Sumit Chaurasia points out how the setting tangerine sun catches the sparkle of the mother-of-pearl embedded in the Taj Mahal, India’s majestic monument to love. For a decade, Mr. Chaurasia, 35, has madeContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: The death of a young priest by suicide in the eastern state of Odisha has shocked his friends and associates. “It is a great loss for the Odisha Church,” says Father Bernard Lakra, priest-in-charge of Rajgangpur of Rourkela diocese, the native parish of Vincentian Father PradeepContinue Reading
Geneva; The United Nations says it is deeply disturbed by the death in pre-trial detention of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Indian rights activist. Swamy, who was jailed for nine months without trial under Indian anti-terror law, died in a hospital in Mumbai on July 5 ahead of aContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Sikh and Christian communities in India have seen substantial rise in dowry cases in the past few decades, says a study. Similarly, dowry demands have increased also among upper castes across all religions, says a blog based on a study of 40,000 marriages in rural India sinceContinue Reading
By Vinod Sushil Soreng Chennai: The saddest day of my life. I am appalled, shocked, horrified and shattered having heard of the sad demise of Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ, who I have known and interacted with for quite some time. Being dismissed as a terrorist, anti-national, the man responsible forContinue Reading
Kannur: A massive crowdfunding drive helped raise 180 million rupees in seven days for an 18-month-old child in Kerala’s Kannur district. The child identified as Mohammed suffered from muscular atrophy – a rare genetic disorder that causes degeneration of muscles. The MIMS Hospital in Kozhikode suggested that Mohammed should beContinue Reading
New Delhi: A day after activist Stan Swamy’s death in custody, senior opposition politicians have written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the release of all activists jailed in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case. “We are urging your immediate intervention as the President of India to direct ‘your government’ toContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis is recovering from his colon surgery in the same hospital room where John Paul II was treated throughout his pontificate. The Vatican said July 6, two days after the operation, that the pope had “rested well overnight” and his routine follow-up examinations were good. “This morningContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: A single person of truth and authenticity with a lasting vision is the majority. From ages this truth was proved in the lives of many prophetic personalities who dared to dream of doing something creative with purity of intention. Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, or Stan Swamy,Continue Reading
By Midhun J Francis New Delhi: Christians and Muslims attended the online review of Jesuit Father Joseph Victor Edwin’s book, “A New Spirit in Christian-Muslim Relations in India: Three Jesuit Pioneers.” Michael Calabria, an American Franciscan began his review on July 4 saying that Father Edwin demonstrates two key aspectsContinue Reading
