Differently-challenged café a hit in Varanasi
2016-09-27
The cafe was opened on September 7Continue Reading
Fortune-seeking Indians celebrate vibrant Ganesh festival
2016-09-16
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
Burundi’s nuns roll up their sleeves for peace
2016-09-13
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
The brutal, powerful 9/11 stories of Catholic priests
2016-09-11
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
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