By Deepa Alexander Chennai: Hero of the famed nursery rhyme, part of Passion week lore… In Chennai, the hot cross bun is flavored by Anglo-Indian, Vietnamese and English recipes. “The van used to draw up just around 11 in the morning, when the Stations of the Cross got over,” recallsContinue Reading
By Anuradha Sharma Siliguri: Finding evidence of systemic abuse, the Netherlands has announced a freeze on international adoptions. Two Indian origin women, Dutch adoptees, speak of searching for their roots, the shabby paperwork, their anger and despair. The news came as a surprise to Jyoti Weststrate even though she hadContinue Reading
By Anjuman Ara Begum Barpeta: Sixty-two-year-old Rejia Ahmed felt jittery as it was the first time that she had been to a public meeting. On March 8, Rejia was invited to preside over the daylong program to celebrate International Women’s Day in a remote Kandapara village in the Barpeta districtContinue Reading
By Shalini Venugopal Bhagat Johri: The 89-year-old woman stood in the courtyard of her home in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state and picked up an air pistol. She tucked her pink head scarf securely into the waist of her long skirt and steadied her arm, looking through the sights atContinue Reading
By Harish Damodaran New Delhi: A 100 percent solar-powered battery-less cold store that can preserve around 2 tons of freshly-harvested produce at 3-4°C during the day and 8-12°C at nighttime. A technology for imparting elasticity and structural strength to bajra and maize dough, making their chapattis as soft as fromContinue Reading
By Nikhil George Joseph Kochi: At a time when the mainstream society of Kerala could not have in its wildest dreams imagined nuns working outside their convents, Sisters Redempta and Naveena of the Sisters of the Destitute (SD) chose to take up the audacious task of living their religious commitmentContinue Reading
By Leah MarieAnn Klett Kansas: A pro-life activist who survived an abortion that killed her twin sister shared how God has redeemed the broken parts of her story — and used for good what Satan intended for evil. On a recent episode of the “Politely Rude With Abby Johnson” podcast,Continue Reading
Yangon: Here is the text of the first interview Cardinal Charles Muango Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar, gave to British Broadcasting Corporation of London after the military coup in his country on February 1. Dear BBC I, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar willinglyContinue Reading
By SAMYA KULLAB Baghdad: The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah’s personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, once devastated by Islamic State group militants. Back in 2014, her son’s death alerted the town’s Christian communityContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Dalit groups such as the National Council of Dalit Christians have been demanding human dignity and equality within the Church. On March 10, the council urged Pope Francis to create a separate ritual Church for Dalit Catholics to end their centuries-old discrimination. Council coordinatorContinue Reading
