Vatican City: Pope Francis and Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi discussed the importance of protecting the Christian presence in the Middle East during a meeting at the Vatican on July 1. According to a Vatican press release, the roughly 30-minute private meeting included conversation about Pope Francis’ visit to IraqContinue Reading
Rome: A Vatican judge has ordered 10 people, including an Italian cardinal, to stand trial for alleged financial crimes. Cardinal Angelo Becciu has become the highest-ranked cleric in the Vatican to be indicted over charges that include embezzlement and abuse of office. The 73-year-old cardinal, who denies wrongdoing, was forcedContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru: Father John Fernandes, founder president of the Catholic Priests’ Conference of India (CPCI), died in Mangaluru on July 3, the feast of Saint Thomas. He was 85. The funeral is scheduled at 9:30 am on July 4 at St.Joseph the worker Church, Vamanjor, Mangaluru. Father Fernandes,Continue Reading
Gondia: Weak mobile internet connectivity has pushed several students in a village in Maharashtra’s Gondia district to climb a “network tree” in search of uninterrupted signals for online classes. Internet penetration is still a challenge in many rural areas which sits at odds with the Digital India narrative by theContinue Reading
Mumbai: Tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, has challenged in the Bombay High Court a provision of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) dealing with grant of bail, contending it has created an “insurmountable hurdle” for those seeking relief. Father Swamy saidContinue Reading
London: A report by researchers in India from the London School of Economics has found that Christians in India are living in constant fear, from threat of violence, harassment, rape and discrimination. A team of researchers at the LSE was commissioned to look into the persecution of religious minorities inContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: A ten-day online course on journalism has made participants from various parts of India to understand media and learn how to use its various forms to serve society. The course “provided me, a beginner, ample knowledge about the media and the techniques used in report writing,”Continue Reading
By Devin Watkins Rome: As preparations get underway for the World Meeting of Families (WMF) set to take place on June 22-26, 2022, Pope Francis is urging Catholics around the globe to take part in the 10th edition of the event. In a video message released on July 2, theContinue Reading
By Rishabh Mansur New Delhi: During the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, Suparshva Swabs pivoted from making cotton buds and cotton balls to polyester swabs. When the second wave hit, it rapidly ramped up its capacity to a peak of 4 million swabs per day. When theContinue Reading
By Anju Ann Mathew Jaipur: If somebody had told Prashant Gade in 2014 that he was going to impact thousands of lives, he would have probably laughed it off. As the founder of Inali Foundation, Gade has helped more than 3,500 people with prosthetic arms. Gade’s father wanted to ensureContinue Reading
