By Courtney Mares Patna, October 22, 2019: In most religious orders’ novitiate year, prospective sisters study and pray. Sister Crescencia Sun, however, had another habit to acquire: treating snakebite victims. In rural Bihar, about 4,500 people die of venomous snake bites each year. When the Sisters of Our Lady ofContinue Reading
Priya was 15 when a relative in Bangladesh tricked her with the promise of a dream job as a singer, drugged her, and trafficked her across the border into the sex trade in India. After several failed attempts to escape the brothel in the eastern state of West Bengal whereContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Rome, October 19, 2019: Luca Catalano Gonzaga from Rome is a unique storyteller through images. In 2009, he founded an NGO “Witness Image” to collect and narrate the great transformations of our time he witnesses as a photo reporter. His work takes him to remotest areas andContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Medinipur, October 17, 2019: When a healthcare organization from Czech Republic approached the Archdiocese of Calcutta to build a hospital for the poor in India the response was reluctance. The eastern Indian archdiocese said it was not ready to undertake such a project. However, Father ReginaldContinue Reading
Shillong, October 16, 2019: There are parts of the Garo Hills that resemble the rubber-growing areas of Kerala. And this is no coincidence. In fact, this is all the handiwork of a Catholic nun, who moved to Meghalaya in late 1970s, and has since been at the forefront of anContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, October 14, 2019: With Mariam Theresa’s canonization on October 13, India has six natives as saints of the Catholic Church. The list also includes eight saints born overseas but closely linked to India such as Mother Teresa and Francis Xavier. Close on the heels ofContinue Reading
Whether it’s a matter of settling land disputes or to appropriate drunkards who create ruckus, Uttar Pradesh based Green Gang founded by Angoori Deheriya deals with everything. A gang of thousands of women draped in green coloured sarees are a force no goon wants to cross paths with. While todayContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, September 29, 2019: As the world gets ready to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi some orphans in Mumbai thank the father of the nation for inspiring a Catholic priest to provide them a secure home. St Catherine’s Home, set up in 1957 atContinue Reading
Kochi, September 28, 2019: Kerala is one of the lands where Christianity came in the early ages, even before it reached Europe from its birthplace, Southwest Asia. It is believed that Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ, travelled to India after the crucifixion (and resurrection) ofContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, Sept 27, 2019: Sister Martha Mondal is the founder of the Helpers of Jesus Sisters in Mumbai. She spoke to AsiaNews about her experience ahead of October’s Extraordinary Missionary Month. In 1999 she founded the Sneha Sagar (Ocean of Love) Society in East India, a suburbContinue Reading
