Detroit: The archbishop of Detroit says face masks are no longer mandatory inside Roman Catholic churches in southeastern Michigan for people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Archbishop Allen Vigneron said May 19 that anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated must still wear masks at Mass and other church services.Continue Reading
By Lise Alves Sao Paulo: A new species of screech owl was recently discovered deep in the Amazon forest by a multinational team of researchers from Brazil, Finland and the United States. Dubbed the Xingu screech owl, the little creature was given a scientific name of Megascops stangiae in honorContinue Reading
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based software engineer has landed a job with multinational tech giant Microsoft for a whopping annual salary of rupees 2 crore. Deepthi Narkuti has been selected as a Software Development Engineer, Grade-2 Group at the organisation. According to a report by The Hans India, Deepthi will be workingContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: Some political observers have squarely put the present failure of successfully and effectively handling the pandemic to our collective responsibility. We ourselves have invited the trouble, they feel. The Electorate Is Least Worried – We Are Far Advanced into Blind Following. We have been walking blind-foldedContinue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi: News about the death of more than 300 priests and religious due to Covid-19 in India has come as a shock to many. The new virus is a silent preacher with a dreaded message: Give life to values or we will be as dead asContinue Reading
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJP) leader Tejashwi Yadav on May 19 declared that he has set up a COVID Care Centre at his official bungalow and urged the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar to provide assistance for upgrade of the facilities available there. Mr Yadav, leader of the opposition inContinue Reading
By Hedwig Lewis Mumbai: The Jesuits are observing an Ignatian Year, May 20, 2021 to July 31, 2022, to celebrate the fifth centenary of the conversion of St Ignatius of Loyola. On May 20, 1521, while defending the fortress of Pamplona, Spain, in a battle with the invading French army,Continue Reading
By Joe Bukuras Washington D.C.: Six days a week on busy Washington Street in Norwood, Massachusetts, Catholic barber Elias Elsayah can be found clipping hair and changing lives. Now a barber for eight years, Elsayah converts the hearts of many with his own miraculous conversion story. From their chair atContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: Does this sound like an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms? Is it possible to be both a Pentecostal and a Catholic, when there is so much animosity between the two? I have another question, as we prepare for celebrating the feast of Pentecost. Where was the HolyContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan and Simi T.B. Jaipur: UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) is a biennial global road safety campaign hosted by WHO. It brings together individuals, governments, NGOs, corporations, and other organizations from around the world to raise awareness of road safety and make changes that will reduce theContinue Reading
