By Ranjita Minj Ranchi, July 24, 2020: On July 26, the Daughters of St. Anne (DSA), the first indigenous women congregation in Jharkhand, will mark its 124th foundation day. The trailblazer behind the congregation was founder Mother Mary Bernadette Prasad Kispotta, the first tribal woman declared as the Servant ofContinue Reading
Kokrajhar, July 24, 2020: Driven by extreme poverty and lack of work during the Covid-19 crisis, a migrant laborer in Assam sold his 15-day-old daughter, but police rescued the baby, officials said on July 24. The man and two women have been arrested on the charge of human trafficking. DipakContinue Reading
Istanbul, July 24, 2020: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 24 led the first Muslim prayers attended by thousands in Hagia Sophia since the controversial reconversion of the iconic Istanbul cathedral into a mosque. The highest administrative court revoked the sixth-century monument’s status as a museum on July 10Continue Reading
Vatican, July 24, 2020: A print book which includes Pope Francis’ homilies during the coronavirus lockdown in Italy has been published by the Vatican. “Strong in the Face of Tribulation: The Church in Communion – A Sure Support in Time of Trial,” collects Pope Francis’ homilies, prayers, and other messagesContinue Reading
San Carlos, July 24, 2020: The dire economic situation in Venezuela, combined with the effects of the pandemic lockdown, has led to a crisis more severe than the biblical plagues in Egypt, a local bishop says. “The plagues of Egypt are nothing compared to what we are suffering here,” BishopContinue Reading
Stockholm, July 24, 2020: The Church of Sweden has announced that the majority of its priests are now women. Of the 3,060 priests currently ministering in the denomination, 1,533 are female, which equates to 50.1 percent. Cristina Grenholm, secretary for the Church of Sweden, told AFP: “From a historical perspective,Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, July 24, 2020: The diocese of Mandya in Karnataka state has issued a set of guidelines to help Covid victims get proper care and support. “The pandemic has affected every family of our diocese in one way or other, and the only way is to supportContinue Reading
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, July 24, 2020: The results of the Seroprevalence study in the national capital indicate that India will achieve herd immunity soon, says leading epidemiologist Jayaprakash Muliyil, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Epidemiology. Seroprevalence is the number of persons inContinue Reading
Indore, July 24, 2020: A woman vegetable seller’s fluent English and her claim that she had completed a doctorate in Material Science from Indore’s Devi Ahilya University before starting the business, has astonished the Internet. Her video of protest against the city’s municipal corporation for allegedly removing her pushcart isContinue Reading
Beijing, July 23, 2020: In continuation with its religious repression, Chinese authorities have reportedly ordered Christians to renounce their faith and replace the crosses, images of Jesus in churches with portraits of Chairman Mao and President Xi Jinping or risk losing welfare benefits. According to a report published in DailyContinue Reading
