Gaya villagers build temples with liquor fine money
2017-04-03
This was their way of thanking the deities for inspiring the social reformContinue Reading
When nuns tried to kick-start India’s first transgender school
2017-03-28
On a sunlit day in mid-December, humid and ripe as South India winters tend to be, six Carmelite nuns invited the transgender activist Vijayaraja Mallika over for tea. They sat inside the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC) to discuss Mallika’s new venture: a schoolContinue Reading
Dubai church prepares to celebrate golden jubilee
2017-03-27
St Mary’s Catholic Church parish priest hails spirit of tolerance that has helped the community thrive since the church was inaugurated in 1967Continue Reading
Meet the monks who decided to go green
2017-03-27
By: Matt Hadro. Years before Pope Francis’ ecology encyclical was published, a Trappist monastery in the State of Virginia in USA went back to its spiritual roots by embracing environmental stewardship. “This really is a re-founding,” Fr. James Orthmann of Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Va. told Catholic News Agency, aContinue Reading
Jharkhand village names lanes after educated girls
2017-03-21
The village has named its lanes after its educated girlsContinue Reading
Indian Saddam Hussain denied job
2017-03-20
More than 10 years after being executed, Saddam Hussein remains a huge presence in the life of one man.Continue Reading
Why rich, progressive sikkim has India’s highest suicide rate
2017-03-19
Sarita Santoshini A large room in an abandoned government building has been home to Babita (not her real name), 32, her husband and three children for about three years. It is strewn with tattered furniture and personal belongings, clothes drying on the window grille and a few pictures stuck toContinue Reading
Spreading sweetness, smile for 50 years
2017-03-16
By Ancie Wilfred and Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Nagpur: Lakshmibhai Kotpalliwar is a familiar sight at the gate of St Francis School in Nagpur. The 75-year-old woman has been selling sweets from the same spot for the past 50 years, whether sun or rain, winter or summer. Her admirers include thousands ofContinue Reading
Catholic bishop spreads eco-friendly ways in Mumbai
2017-03-15
Bishop D’Silva is setting an example for followers of all religionsContinue Reading
Tribute to single mom of faith, grace, strength
2017-03-09
Nirmala Carvalho A young widow in Bombay, Corinne Rodrigues, did not let the hardships of life overtake her. Through her faith, grace and strength Rodrigues built a wide scale movement for widows, administered to the needy and faced an earthquake…all while raising three boys. Corinne Rodrigues, single mom and parishContinue Reading