Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) has urged the faithful and society to vote for ideal candidates after analyzing their development plans. The council’s press release on March 19 clarified that the Church has taken an open stand towards political parties. Voters were asked to choose a government whichContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Rome: The Catholic nun of Myanmar whose powerful gesture of pleading with security forces to avoid a bloodbath drew intense media attention worldwide, is grateful to Pope Francis for his closeness to the people. Since the February 1 military coup, the entire nation has been in turmoilContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: Quick decision, desire to help another, ready to dare, selflessness are some of the thoughts that run across my mind when I read the story of the little Hebrew girl and Naaman, the official (2 Kings 5:1-19) She was brought as a slave in the houseContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Jesuit priest says the way Muslims celebrate the month of Ramzan helps him grow in God-consciousness as a Christian. The month of Ramzan falls in April this year “I consciously use the word ‘celebrate’ because I have personally experienced and seen Muslim friends—sistersContinue Reading
Kolkatta: A homemaker in the city said she often has to switch to the more difficult earthen oven because she doesn’t have enough money at home for an LPG cylinder. Pompa Mondal said she books a cylinder when the family has money but the double blow of the Covid pandemicContinue Reading
Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed on Thursday, while job losses pushed millions into poverty. The number of Indians in the middle class, or those earning between $10 andContinue Reading
By Harish Damodaran New Delhi: A 100 percent solar-powered battery-less cold store that can preserve around 2 tons of freshly-harvested produce at 3-4°C during the day and 8-12°C at nighttime. A technology for imparting elasticity and structural strength to bajra and maize dough, making their chapattis as soft as fromContinue Reading
Three church-run colleges will come up in the next couple of years, Reverend Paritosh Canning, the bishop of the Calcutta diocese of the Church of North India, said on March 18. The three colleges are — St James’ College, St John’s Diocesan College and a law college at St Thomas’Continue Reading
By Leonardo Blair Atlanta: A 21-year-old Baptist Christian, who shot dead eight people in massage parlor shootouts in the United States, says he was addicted to pornography and was trying to eliminate “temptation.” Robert Aaron Long shot people in three massage parlors in the Atlanta area on March 16 andContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Lazu: The Catholic diocese of Miao has rushed its social service team to a village where a massive fire accident killed two persons and rendered 500 homeless. “This was the biggest fire accident I have witnessed in my life,” Sethok Thinyan, a youth leader and member ofContinue Reading
