By Saji Thomas Indore, Dec. 2, 2018: Nehal Patel used to shy away from people with HIV/AIDS who visit a care center that shares space on her high school campus, but now she is no longer afraid to sit near them and exchange pleasantries. “I could not have imagined doingContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Dec. 2, 2018: The only non-Western member of the committee organizing the Feb. 21-24 Vatican summit on clerical sexual abuse can contribute “deep insights” at the meeting, according to a member of the pope’s commission for child protection. Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai joins ChicagoContinue Reading
Christianity enjoyed royal patronage and successive Nizams, Muslim rulers, gifted big clocks, bells, teak furniture and decorative pieces to many churchesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Singida (Tanzania) Dec.1, 2018: The Indian nun was buried in Tanzania on December 1, four days after she died in a road accident. Sister Rohini Pradhan, 44, was a native of the Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India. Bishop Edward Elias Mapunda of Singida officiated theContinue Reading
Vatican, Nov 30: Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician from Pakistan who was killed in 2011, is a witness of how to act with love in the face of hatred, Pope Francis said Friday. Speaking to a Pakistani association named for Bhatti, the pope said Nov 30, “mayContinue Reading
New York, Nov. 30, 2018: One of the most famous songs of Christmas was celebrated Nov. 27 as it approaches its 200th anniversary, with a concert at the New York City church where “Silent Night” is believed to have been sung in the United States for the first time andContinue Reading
Justice Kurian Joseph’s advice to colleagues: “When you smile others also smile”
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Kottayam, Nov. 30, 2018: “As the increasing trend of religion assumes major roles in civil and political affairs, politicisation of religion and religionisation of politics have become a pervasive social phenomenon in Asia today”, said the General Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Dr. Mathews George Chunakara. DeliveringContinue Reading
Kutch, Nov. 29, 2018: The diverting of water from the Indira Sagar Dam to the Sardar Sarovar Dam to facilitate tourism in the area, following the construction of the Statue of Unity, has aggravated the problems of farmers in Kutch. Reportedly, the area around the Statue of Unity has beenContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 29: A major study published on Nov 29 warned of a malnutrition crisis in almost every country in the world with India holding about one-third of the world’s burden for stunting. Forty-six million children in India are stunted because of malnutrition and 25.5 million more are definedContinue Reading
