Bengaluru: The Nirbhaya incident in 2012 was followed by spontaneous nation-wide (also world-wide) protests, candle light marches, rallies and meetings etc. After this, many were under the impression that rape will come to a sudden halt all over India. Sadly, the opposite is happening. My 21-year-old daughter, who just finishedContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, announced on Oct. 1 that it is filing for bankruptcy, the second Catholic diocese to do so on that same day. “I take some comfort that we are not alone in making this decision, as we have seen that well-known public entitiesContinue Reading
Secunderabad: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) has mourned the death of one of its members, Sister John Sahya Rani. She died of Covid-19 at the age of 51. She had been in the Intensive Care Unit for about 12 days and succumbed to Covid-19 at 4 pm onContinue Reading
Patna: Jesuit-managed St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology in Patna organized a cyclothon to promote cleanliness and healthy environment on October 2, the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The college’s National Service Scheme organized the cyclothon in collaboration with Xavier Green Riders and Xavier Sports Club. It wasContinue Reading
Rome: An Australian woman theologian, a leading expert on the Vatican II, and a French philosopher have shared this year’s the Ratzinger Prize for Theology, often described as the field’s equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize. Professor Tracey Rowland of the University of Notre Dame Australia is the first AustralianContinue Reading
New Delhi: Researchers, including those from the Government of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, have conducted one of the largest analysis of COVID-19 epidemiology to date and have found that both cases and deaths due to the disease have been more heavily concentrated in the 40 to 69 year ageContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on October 1 dismissed a petition filed by Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused in the nun rape case, challenging the Kottayam Additional Session Court’s order rejecting his plea for deferring the cross-examination of witnesses until the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control or to adjourn itContinue Reading
Rome: The tomb of Venerable Carlo Acutis was opened for public veneration October 1 ahead of the computer-programming teen’s beatification. A spokeswoman for Acutis’ beatification told Catholic News Agency that the entire body was present, but “not incorrupt.” “Today we … see him again in his mortal body. A bodyContinue Reading
Kochi: Covid-19 has been on a relentless march over humanity since 10 months. Infecting and snuffing out numerous lives. Globally the virus has infected 33.4 million. About a million have lost their lives. The pandemic has had India too in its stranglehold. 6.15 million Indians have been infected and 96,318Continue Reading
New York: Six Persons of Indian-origin have made to the prestigious 2020 TIME100 List of the world’s most influential people. They are: Ravindra Gupta, a professor of clinical microbiology at the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease at the University of Cambridge; Ayushman Khurana, Indian actor, singer, andContinue Reading
