By Matters India Reporter Patna: The Indian members of the Sisters of Notre Dame congregation have mourned the death of their last American missionary who served the country as a teacher, communicator and social worker for nearly seven decades. “Sister Mary Ann will be remembered with much affection and gratitudeContinue Reading
New Delhi: Educated youngsters are showing the way forward to reduce caste and community tensions in India by tying the knot in intermarriages, the Supreme Court said in a judgment. “Educated younger boys and girls are choosing their life partners, which, in turn, is a departure from the earlier normsContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news reporter Yangon: Several Catholic priests and nuns have joined street protests in Myanmar to condemn the military coup and to call for a return to democracy. In the Diocese of Pathein, several priests, nuns and seminarians were seen carrying placards to show support for the protesters. “Now weContinue Reading
Rome: A pontifical foundation has admitted that its late founder was credibly accused of sexually assaulting a female employee, who came forward in 2010 after learning the deceased priest was being considered for possible beatification. Aid to the Church in Need (CAN), which raises money to build and rebuild churchesContinue Reading
Mumbai: Dreams do come true if you work hard towards it. Meet Manya Singh, daughter of a rickshaw driver from Uttar Pradesh who was February 10 crowned the second runner up at Miss India 2020 beauty pageant. The contest was won by Manasa Varanasi from Telangana who was crowned MissContinue Reading
Mumbai: A key accused in the Bhima Koregaon case has moved the Bombay High Court after a US firm revealed that a hacker had planted incriminating evidence on his computer. A report by Arsenal Consulting, a digital forensic analyst from Chelsea, US, has debunked the electronic evidence gathered by India’sContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Nampong: Residents of a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district have marked the silver jubilee of becoming Christians with the blessing of a new church. Hetlong village under the diocese of Miao has 30 families belonging to the Tangsa tribe. The community conducted worship in aContinue Reading
New Delhi: Sunita, 24, is known by everyone in Sewak Park, in West Delhi – the national capital of India. Sunita was a child labourer, one among the whopping 10.1 million child labour workforce in India. At the tender age of 12, she started working as a babysitter, Sunita toldContinue Reading
By Linda Bordoni Vatican City: In his greetings at the Wednesday General Audience on February 10, Pope Francis expressed his closeness to victims of a devastating flood in northern India, and sent his greetings to millions, across the world, celebrating the Lunar New Year. Expressing his closeness to “the victimsContinue Reading
The Archdiocese of Birmingham has issued an apology to the victims of a Catholic priest who has been sentenced to eleven years in prison for a string of heinous crimes. Fr Joseph Quigley was convicted of several serious offences; engaging in sexual activity with a child, two counts of sexualContinue Reading
