By: Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Our hypnotized brains keep on doing one thing all through our waking hours and that is binge thinking, opines a Divine Word Missionary priest, Ittoop Panikulam, a counselor and psychotherapist, presently the director of Dhyan Kutir (a house of meditation), Mumbai. He considers this inbuilt habit asContinue Reading
Ruksin: Family members and well-wishers have observed the first death anniversary of a pioneer of Christianity in the Adi belt of the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Yayi Topa Taying, a resident of Ngorlung village in Ruksin circle of East Siang district, had also assisted the British soldiers duringContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: The all-pass for Odisha’s tenth graders have disappointed several students, says a Church official in the eastern Indian state. “The future of students has been very much affected, especially those who scored only D and E grades,” said Father Vjay Kumar Ekka, the regional secretary ofContinue Reading
Houston/London: An Indian-American couple and their one-year-old child are among more than 150 people who are still missing after the collapse of part of a 12-story residential building in the US state of Florida on June 24, according to media reports on June 28. Search and rescue teams have beenContinue Reading
A Christian street preacher arrested while preaching the Gospel has won his case against a police department that admitted liability in a lawsuit, agreeing to pay $4,500 (£3,250) in damages in addition to his legal costs for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and violating his human rights. A Liverpool County CourtContinue Reading
When President Barack Obama flew to California to dedicate a national monument to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez nearly a decade ago, a group of the activist’s relatives were invited to pose for photos with the president. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Chavez’s granddaughter, hung back. As a member of Obama’s staff,Continue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome: Pope Francis has sent a short, hand-written note to American Jesuit Father James Martin thanking him for his “Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry” webinar, held with 1,000 people taking part. “I want to thank you for your pastoral zeal and your capacity to be close toContinue Reading
C. M. Paul Siliguri: The 12th Asia-Oceania on-line Regional Congress of Don Bosco Past Pupils marking 150th anniversary of World Association of Past Pupils concluded on June 26. The two-day event had delegates and members participating from 23 out of 28 countries of the region. First timers included participants fromContinue Reading
Guwahati: The Rainbow Home of the Seven Sisters (RHoSS) aims to provide a home for homeless transgender women and help them build a better future. The new facility – located in Guwahati, Assam’s commercial capital– is the brainchild of Sister Prema Chowallur, a member of the Sisters of the CrossContinue Reading
Manila: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon has appealed for an end to violence as thousands of civilians in Myanmar continue to flee their homes in the conflict-ridden Southeast Asian country. “Nobody deserves violence, the torture, incarceration, and death that we witness in our country for the last four months,”Continue Reading
