By Jossie D’Mello Bengaluru: The year 2020 has been a memorable for all of us as it exposed us to the new normal of wearing masks, sanitizing, social distancing, online learning and teaching and work from home. At the onset of 2020, no one ever imagined that we would beContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: The diocese of Berhampur in Odisha has opened the largest holistic laity center in the eastern Indian state. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur inaugurated the “Anugraha Peetho”(center of grace) on December 27 at Mohana in the Gajapati district. In his address at the inaugural function,Continue Reading
A 51-year old priest from Davao City died Dec. 28 after he collapsed while climbing Mt. Apo, the country’s highest mountain, via Kapatagan trail. According to the initial report from Digos City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Fr. Oscar Novem Enjaynes, along with 14 other climbers from the citiesContinue Reading
By Greg Torode Hong Kong: Senior clerics see the arrests as a sign China wants to shut the unofficial Vatican mission in Hong Kong, where the two nuns work. As Beijing tightens control of the city, the local diocese has also moved to rein in pro-democracy voices in its flock.Continue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican’s news agency has drawn up a list of pastoral workers or what it describes as “missionaries,” who were killed in the world during 2020. The annual list says that the “missionaries” killed include 8 priests, 1 male religious, 3 nuns, 2 seminarians and 6 lay people.Continue Reading
Guwahati: A bill abolishing state-run madrassas was passed in the Assam Legislative Assembly on December 30 amid protest by the Opposition legislators, The bill, which will now to be sent to the governor for his approval, scraps government funding for madrassas, and they will be converted to general schools byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry: More than one thousand Dalit Christians took out a rally in Pondicherry to demand the appointment of a member from their community as the next archbishop of Pondicherry-Cuddalore archdiocese. The rally was organized by the Dalit Christian Liberation Movement (DCLM) and culminated at the PondicherryContinue Reading
Darjeeling: A Sikkim youth group won an on-line Darjeeling-Sikkim Carol singing competition organized by a community radio. St. Peter’s Church Namchi (Sikkim) youth group was declared winners. The competition consisted of composing original Christmas Carols in English or Nepali languages and video shoot the carol rendition and submit it asContinue Reading
We step out the threshold of 2020 and as the New Year dawns on the Pandemic Ocean we survey the horizon dotted with uncertainties – fragile vessels anchored in unsafe waters, tossed about by the waves, rudderless. We consider the swim or sink option to venture out to the NewContinue Reading
By Lima Varghese Indore: The Honesty Foundation of Goa on December 30 honored nine high students from around India for imbibing and practising ethical and moral values. A virtual function to confer the “Honesty Awards” was held on the last day of the annual three-day Knit India program organized byContinue Reading
