VATICAN CITY, Feb 13, 2019: The Vatican says it is teaming up with Microsoft on an academic prize to promote ethics in artificial intelligence. Pope Francis met privately on Feb 13 with Microsoft President Brad Smith and the head of a Vatican scientific office that promotes Catholic Church positions onContinue Reading
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Feb 11, 2019: a – Although the Catholic Church has marked a World Day of the Sick every year since 1992, this time around it has a special twist: The observance launched two days early in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, the city associated above all with Mother Teresa,Continue Reading
Abu Dhabi, Feb 12, 2019: Thousands of worshippers from across the Middle East and beyond will turn out in celebration as the foundations are laid for the UAE’s first traditional Hindu stone temple. The foundation stones ceremony for the shrine in Abu Dhabi will take place on April 20, launchingContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 12, 2019: The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) Council for Laity, one of the influential Christian bodies in the country, has launched a nationwide drive to formulate a Catholic stance on the current political situation in the country ahead of the general elections. The Council forContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater Angadippuram, Feb 12, 2019: A mother of two from a conservative family in southern India, Kanakadurga was told over and over again by her relatives how a good wife should behave. She should obey her husband’s wishes. She should adapt to his family’s ways. And she shouldContinue Reading
Pananji, Feb 12, 2019: At a time when the quality of has become a matter of concern with major thoroughfares popping potholes by the dozen every few days, a research project conducted by students from Don Bosco College of Engineering in Fatorda has found that recycled can be utilised toContinue Reading
Mexico City, Feb. 12, 2019: At least 152 Catholic priests in Mexico have been suspended in the past nine years for sexual abuse against minors, Mexico’s Archbishop for Monterrey said, prompting a lawyer for alleged victims of abuse to question on Monday the Church’s sincerity. “Some delinquent priests are inContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 12, 2019: Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said. A new report ‘Factsheet Child Marriages 2019′Continue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 12, 2019: Seventeen people, many of them sleeping guests, were killed in a fire at a hotel in central Delhi’s congested Karol Bagh area early Feb 12 morning. Some of the victims were charred to death and others suffocated in the poisonous fumes. A woman and aContinue Reading
Melbourne, Feb. 11, 2019: Three teams from India are among the 12 finalists who are eyeing the top slot in Microsoft’s global competition for the most original technology solutions vying to win the grand prize of USD 100,000 at the world championship in the US. The three Indian teams wereContinue Reading
