By Deborah Thambi Kochi: Koonammavu a tiny village, located 27 km north of Kochi, Kerala’s commercial hub, has produced and exported an item considered integral to the Catholic faith across the world: rosaries. For nearly 150 years, Koonammavu residents, mostly women, have been engaged in the business of stringing prayerContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia: A Hindu woman, who once opposed Christianity, now finds the Rosary a great source of peace, joy and happiness. “I always spoke ill of Christians and Christianity, not knowing Christian values in my life,” says Sunita Patra, who lives in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, theContinue Reading
By Nazish Hussain Ranchi: Jaggarnath Mahli of Hesal village, situated 20 km from Ranchi city, makes bamboo articles for a living. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, his livelihood has been hit badly. Before lockdown, he worked two jobs for livelihood. He lost his job as a security guardContinue Reading
By Vivek Trivedi Bhopal: As the coronavirus pandemic struck every facets of life globally, many concerned citizens stood up as Covid-19 warriors helping out those in distressed and reaching those in need. Mahima Singh, a seventh grader from Singrauli’s Baidhan along with her teachers started running a library on wheels.Continue Reading
Varanasi: Mahima Bhardwaj is determined to become the first-generation learner in her family. The 18-year-old girl from Sarai Mohana village of Varanasi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh belongs to Dalit community. The village, 9 km away from Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, is sits on the bank ofContinue Reading
Kamthana: On a recent muggy afternoon in southern India, Earappa Bawge hacked at the ground with a pickax, his white shirt pasted to his back. Each dull thud reminded him of how far his hopes had fallen. Just months ago, the 27-year-old engineer was poring over project files in anContinue Reading
Shillong: On September 28, the Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (MSMHC), the first indigenous congregation of northeastern India, will close a yearlong celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of its founder Venerable Stephen Ferrando, a Salesian prelate. The year was launched on September 28, 2019, by current superiorContinue Reading
Thiruvalla: On the morning of May 7, Divya P. John, a 21-year-old novice with the Basilian Sisters near here, attended class as usual, a church spokesman says. But an hour later, around noon, her body was found in a well at the convent. Rescuers retrieved the body and bypassed aContinue Reading
By Jacob Mar Barnabas Aerath New Delhi, Sept 20, 2020: At 6:15 a.m. on May 1, the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of my eparchy, I went to the cathedral to celebrate Mass together with my priests and seminarians. I was surprised to see around 25 people at the gate.Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, Sept 20, 2020: Several Catholic groups in India have expressed relief after the Vatican removed its controversial envoy from the country. Pope Francis Aug. 29 suddenly transferred Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, apostolic nuncio to India and Nepal, to Brazil amid accusations of inaction against allegedly corruptContinue Reading