By Priyadarshini Sen New Delhi: When 80-year-old Jesuit Father Joseph Kalathil took 32 letters in a cloth bag from India to Pakistan in 2012, little did he know he’d become a pivotal messenger of cross-border peace. With the peace letters written by schoolchildren to friends unknown to them across theContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila: An Indian priest on June 11 took over as the chief content editor of Radio Veritas Asia, a pan-Asian radio service of the Catholic bishops of Asia. Father Feroz Fernandes, a member of the Society of Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier or better known as SocietyContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on June 10 said Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, shall remain admitted in a Mumbai based private hospital till June 18 as he is suffering from COVID-19. Swamy, 84, was on May 28 shifted from the TalojaContinue Reading
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on June 10 urged the minority community to adopt a “decent family planning policy” for population control to reduce poverty. All stakeholders in the community must come forward and support the government in helping reduce poverty in the community which is primarily dueContinue Reading
Rome: Three Italian researchers have expressed doubt as to whether the bones of St. Peter actually lie beneath the Rome basilica named in his honor. The researchers have suggested that the relics may have been moved from where St. Peter’s Basilica now stands during a 3rd-century persecution. In fact, theyContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as a new member of the Vatican body that supports the Eastern Catholic Churches throughout the world. The cardinal is the sole addition to the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, which also assists the Latin-rite Catholic dioceses of the MiddleContinue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra New Delhi: Tribal groups and their supporters on June 9 organized a webinar to commemorate the 121st anniversary of Birsa Munda’s martyrdom. Munda, a tribal hero and revolutionary from Jharkhand, died at the age of 25 while fighting the British for independence and to protect tribalContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Dollungmukh: A police officer in Arunachal Pradesh, who had survived murderous attack by drug traffickers, on June 10 called for a collective fight against the increasing menace of substance abuse in the northeastern Indian state. “It is worrying that the people who hold responsibilities in government, policeContinue Reading
By Patrick Downes Honolulu: An India-born priest, who was recently incardinated to the Diocese of Honolulu, says he feels at home in the capital of Hawaii, the gateway to the US island chain. Bishop Larry Silva of Honolulu on May 24 incardinated as a priest of Father Sebastian Kumar Soosai,Continue Reading
Mumbai: Eleven people, including eight children, were killed when a double-story apartment building collapsed on another structure at a slum in Mumbai’s Malad. At least seven others received injuries in the late night incident on June 9. Many are still feared trapped under the debris and evacuation operations are underway,Continue Reading
