Woman’s crusade against rape, misogyny in India
2017-09-25
Srishti Bakshi wants to make India a safer place for womenContinue Reading
Vrindavan widows find solace in blue-jacket volunteers
2017-09-22
Vrindavan: Abandoned by her family, an elderly and wrinkled woman lies crumpled on a hospital bed here, maggots falling off one of her decaying hands. The Ramakrishna Mission Hospital says the woman was found on a street. She was in terrible agony when she was admitted. Every day, as nursesContinue Reading
Seva kitchen multiplies loaves in Nagpur hospitals
2017-09-20
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Nagpur: A mother’s word can work miracles. Hundreds of people in Nagpur now vouch for that. Kushroo Poacha has provided food to thousands of patients and their relatives of a major hospital in Nagpur, central India, for more than two years. He does this to fulfill hisContinue Reading
Kerala ‘export’ on mission to world’s hotspots
2017-09-17
Disney Tom Kochi: Despite brushes with captivity and death, priests from God’s Own Country continue to venture into remote, trouble-torn areas. At the Don Bosco Salesian House in Kochi, the vigil is over. Barefoot boys play basketball on the makeshift court in the premises and a tall, strapping priest brieflyContinue Reading
South Asian congregations crusade against human trafficking
2017-09-17
About 200 nuns from 63 congregations working in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are engaged in the crusadeContinue Reading
Searching for his path
2017-09-11
Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli believes God has a purpose for him. He also wants to be a cricket coachContinue Reading
A dedicated fest for an iconic church
2017-09-08
Suresh Moona Shivajinagar is where thousands of people belonging to different faiths, converge on September 8 every year. They all congregate to celebrate with all veneration, devotion and jubilation, the Birthday of mother Mary, the mother of Jesus. The statue of Mary is located in a shrine outside the mainContinue Reading
Indians travel more for religious reasons: survey
2017-09-05
‘Social’ travel accounts for nearly 86% of all overnight travel; travel for purposes of religion is a distant second, show NSSO survey data.Continue Reading
Karnataka: Reaching out to women who get left behind
2017-09-05
Deepthi Sanjiv The newly set up journalism department of St Agnes College in Mangaluru is trying to reach out to women at work, who often go unnoticed. Laxmi Shenoy, head of the department, told Bangalore Mirror that the department was encouraging students to write stories on women as part ofContinue Reading
Benedictine promotes indigenous robes for liturgy
2017-09-02
Simplicity of the vestments in the early days signified that the Church closely identified itself with the poorContinue Reading