By Ezekiel Polinati Visakhapatnam, May 24, 2025: In a pioneering effort to revolutionize news reporting, MSFS Dhyanasharam hosted a dynamic two-day workshop, “AI-Powered News Reporting & Content Creation: Journalism 2.0.” Designed to equip clergy and religious communicators with cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools, May 23 to 24 initiative marks a boldContinue Reading
By Ajith Lawrence Thiruvananthapuram, May 16, 2025: The fisherman I recall best from the mist of time stood still on a wind-swept sand dune near India’s southern tip. Bare-chested, wrapped in a plaid sarong, looking as if carved from dark granite, he stood there, his gaze fixed on the farawayContinue Reading
By Rani Punnasseril Churachandpur, May 16, 2025: In the once peaceful hills of Churachandpur, now marred by grief and unrest, the silence speaks volumes. The ethnic violence of 2023 tore through this land like a tempest, uprooting thousands of lives and leaving in its wake a trail of sorrow andContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Kannur, May 16, 2026: The head of the Syro-Malabar Church on May 16 expressed concern over increasing wildlife attacks in the southern Indian state of Kerala and urged authorities to provide security to people living along forest borders. Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil was mourning Gafoor Ali, aContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, May 16, 2025: The women’s wing of Miao diocese in northeastern India organized a two-day convention to launch its nearly decade-long spiritual and pastoral journey towards the Great Jubilee 2033. More than 550 delegates from eight districts of Eastern Arunachal Pradesh attended the May 12-13 programContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Coimbatore, May 15, 2025: A significant verdict was delivered by Judge R Nandhini Devi of Coimbatore Mahila Court on May 13. She announced the quantum of punishment against all nine men arrested in the Pollachi sexual assault guilty and sentenced the accused to life imprisonment tillContinue Reading
By Rajeev Rathan Bhubaneswar, May 14, 2025: A joint fact-finding team has uncovered widespread human rights violations against Dalit and Adivasi Christians in the Nabarangpur district of Odisha state in eastern India. The team, comprising the members of the Odisha Lawyers Forum and activists, visited the region April 26 andContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, May 14, 2025: A priest of the archdiocese of Trichur in Kerala was on May 14 found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room in the presbytery. Father Leo Puthoor was the parish priest of St Joseph’s Church, Pathiyaram, in Thrissur district in the southernContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha Mumbai, May 13, 2025: Trusting in the work of the Holy Spirit at the Conclave, we welcome our new Pope Leo XIV. Born Robert Prevost in Chicago, USA, he belongs to the Augustinian religious congregation. But what drew the attention of Pope Francis when he appointed himContinue Reading
By Mudita Menona Sodder Mumbai, May 13, 2025: On May 24, 1925, Pope Pius XI declared Madeleine Sophie Barat a saint of the Catholic Church. This momentous occasion marked the culmination of a long process of recognizing the extraordinary life and profound impact of the Foundress of the Society ofContinue Reading
