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
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
