Nuns save snake bite victims in central India
2016-09-10
The hospital records show that it has treated more than 100,000 patients in the last 25 yearsContinue Reading
Tipping point of India’s caste system Is ‘fast approaching,’ Bishop Joseph D’souza says
2016-09-09
The “dam is bursting” on India’s discriminatory caste system, says Bishop Joseph D’souza, who told The Christian Post that the demise of India’s prejudiced social order could likely come during his lifetime. For centuries, India has been entrenched in an unjust social construct that has discriminated against the lowest andContinue Reading
From an office at a church to realizing the GSLV dream: ISRO’s journey
2016-09-09
India’s first operational GSLV flight using an indigenous cryogenic engine took off from the second launch pad at India’s rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. The rocket on which India was heavily pinning its hopes on, successfully placed the weather satellite INSAT-3DR weighing 2,211 kg in orbit.Continue Reading
When Church plays the role of matchmaker
2016-09-09
Kochi: The Syro-Malabar Church on Tuesday launched a mobile application for its matrimony portal, Syromalabarmatrimony .com. According to the Church sources, there are more than 40, 18,204 members in the community out of which 5, 85, 900 live as migrants abroad and are out of reach of any dioceses ofContinue Reading
What Teresa canonization means to Indians
2016-09-05
Vatican City: On September 4, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was officially declared a saint by Pope Francis. CNA spoke with Major Archbishop Baselios Cardinal Cleemis of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, who serves as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India. He shared his memories of Mother Teresa, as wellContinue Reading
Mother Teresa: The Saint who loved fun, chocolate and icecream
2016-09-04
But there was another school of thought: Australian feminist Germaine Greer called her a “religious imperialist” and to British polemicist Christopher Hitchens Mother Teresa was “a fanatic, a fundamentalist and a fraud”.Continue Reading
An interview with Mother Teresa
2016-09-04
Who is Mother Teresa of Calcutta? Well Mother Teresa herself gave her identity: “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.”Continue Reading
‘Bizarre’ frog-weddings for rain in Assam
2016-09-01
A severe drought-like situation prevails in the stateContinue Reading
Mother Teresa ‘radically loved her neighbor’
2016-08-31
Rome: Mother Teresa didn’t try to solve all of the world’s problems: she simply lived her life in radical service and love of her neighbor, expecting God to take care of the rest, said her spiritual advisor. “Hindus, Muslims, and Christians alike saw in her a role model. She wasContinue Reading
Christian groups aid girls serving in Hindu temples
2016-08-31
India’s government outlawed the practice in 1988, yet poor parents continue to give away daughters in “marriage” ceremonies to templesContinue Reading