Chennai: With a thriving fish market at Kasimedu harbour in Chennai, the morning hours are always abuzz. Women are tough sellers here as they haggle for every penny that can help them feed their families. 18-year-old Shalini Munuswamy is among them. Eight years ago, she was taken off school toContinue Reading
Women on their way to becoming doctors write haikus about menstruation as one small step towards breaking the silence on the subjectContinue Reading
Amatrice: Pope Francis has made good on a promise to go to the central Italian region hardest hit by the devastating earthquake that struck in August. He arrived Tuesday without warning to console survivors and urge them to press forward. According to the Associated Press, the pontiff hoped to keepContinue Reading
Sr. Lizzy Chakkalakal builds houses for the poor to participate in the “ministry of redemption”Continue Reading
The cafe was opened on September 7Continue Reading
Mumbai — The couple approached the 14-foot statue of the god Ganesh on Wednesday, hands folded, believing with all their hearts in his powers as the one who removes obstacles. They had seen proof of this two years ago, they said, when they prayed during the Ganesh festival for theirContinue Reading
Rome: Burundi, a country that is tottering between war and peace, sadly falls into that category of countries that can never breathe one hundred percent easy. For the past 50 years (they recently celebrated the Jubilee) the Working Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth, have been carrying out theirContinue Reading
New York City: On the clear, sunny morning of Sept. 11, 2011, Fr. Kevin Madigan heard an explosion overhead. He grabbed oils for anointing and ran out the door of St. Peter’s parish in New York city and wandered towards the center of the commotion – the World Trade CenterContinue Reading
The hospital records show that it has treated more than 100,000 patients in the last 25 yearsContinue Reading
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
