Vatican City: Pope Francis told a group of young French priests on June 7 that weakness is a chance for encounter with God, and not something they should try to overcome by their own strength. “My fragility, the fragility of each one of us, is a theological place of encounterContinue Reading
By Brandon Showalter Washington: Men and women who once lived and identified as part of the LGBT community are confident that a “rainbow revival” is at hand. Gathered under the blazing sun with temperatures in the mid-90s at the Sylvan Theater in the shadow of the Washington Monument, approximately 200Continue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai: The resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the diocese of Munich and Freising in Germany, came as a shock to many in the world, especially those of us who have been following closely the response or lack of it to the sex abuse crisis inContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid Twitter and WhatsApp pushing back against the government’s new rules for social media platforms, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the rules only benefit the over 100 crore users of such platforms by giving them a means to address their grievances. “…These are basically theContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: It was on April 27, 2020, that Pope Francis appointed Father Trevor D’Souza of Saint Anthony’s Friary, Koramangala, in the Archdiocese of Bangalore, as a “Missionary of Mercy” for a period of three years. The new faculty empowers him to forgive certain sins hitherto reservedContinue Reading
Islamabad: A Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian couple who have spent seven years on death row for alleged blasphemy, their lawyer says, in a case that rights groups have long singled out for fair trial issues. The Lahore High Court acquitted Shafqat Emmanuel and his wife Shagufta Masih afterContinue Reading
New Delhi: At a time when the world is grappling with staggering amounts of plastic waste and its environmental ramifications, a woman in India’s northeastern state of Assam has hit upon a novel idea to address the problem while also helping poor women earn a livelihood from it. Rupjyoti SaikiaContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Jaipur: To draw global attention to the contamination of food and water, the World Food Safety Day is observed every year on June 7, since 2019. This year’s theme for the Day is ‘Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow’, which focuses on producing and consuming safeContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao: The diocese of Miao on June 6 launched a campaign to mark the World Environment Day. At small event held at Christ the Light Minor Seminary, Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao inaugurated the “Mitthi Sona Hai” (Earth is Gold) campaign to make people self-sufficient by encouragingContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Schools have always been considered “temples of knowledge.” In the recent years, we have been witnessing child sexual abuses by teachers, illegal sexual relationships between students and teachers, drug/substance abuse by students, murders – students murdering co-students or teachers, unethical practices during examinations and corruptionContinue Reading
