Sundargarh: A YouTube channel created by a tribal youth to disseminate information about every aspect of his community has found a place among the Under Forty list. Eugene Soreng and his friends from Odisha’s Sundargarh in April 2018 created “Adivasi Drishyam” (Tribal Visual) to highlight Adivasi culture, cuisine, songs andContinue Reading
Indore: A large number of people in the country experience frustration, hopelessness and despair as they witness brutality of police, insensitivity of the politicians who run the government, judges acquitting criminals despite presenting enough evidence and silence of religious leaders when women and minor girls are gangraped and killed. InContinue Reading
Assisi: Pope Francis on October 3 signed his new encyclical, Fratelli tutti, during a visit to Assisi, an Italian town associated with St Francis of Assisi. In his first official trip outside Rome since the pandemic struck Italy, the Pope celebrated Mass at the tomb of his namesake, St. FrancisContinue Reading
Thalassery: Archbishop George Njaralakatt of Tellicherry and his Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Pamplany were on October 3 admitted to a private hospital after they were tested positive for Covid-19. Two priest residents of the Archbishop’s House were also tested positive. Father Thomas Thengumpallil, the public relation officer of the southern IndianContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Bosco Youth of Bangalore Archdiocese has celebrated the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi Jayanti) by pledging a greener nature. Around 41 Bosco youth and their animators on October 2 planted more than 1,000 saplings at Kishore Farm, Manchanahalli, Chikkaballapur district about 60 km from Bengaluru city. It wasContinue Reading
New Delhi: Bishop Franco Mulakkal has approached the Supreme Court requesting to review the order that rejected his discharge petition filed in connection with the nun rape case. He also submitted a plea requesting to hold the hearing of the review petition in open court. Bishop Mulakkal has demanded theContinue Reading
Mumbai: Rape has been used the world over as an instrument of oppression. It is an exercise and demonstration of power that the rich and powerful have over the weak and poor, of the upper castes over the lower castes; of the entitled royalty over their subjects. A peculiar aspectContinue Reading
New Delhi: Caritas India, the aid agency of the Catholic bishops in India, was on October 2 awarded the best NGO 2020 for healthcare services during Covid-19. Federal Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan presented the award to Caritas executive director Father Paul Moonjeli during a virtual ceremony.Continue Reading
Ranchi: A group of tribal youth observed the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by undertaking a cleanup drive around a tourist spot near Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand state, eastern India. They also installed bamboo dustbins around Jonha Falls, which situated on the Ranchi-Purulia Highway about 45 km from Ranchi.Continue Reading
Abu Dhabi: Construction work has begun on a church in Abu Dhabi that will give thousands of people their own space to worship. Workers are levelling the area and readying the foundation for the Church of South India in the Al Shahama area that will open for services by JuneContinue Reading
