New Delhi: India has passed 10 million coronavirus cases as it waits for a vaccine for the highly infectious virus that has affected more than 75 million people worldwide. In November, the United States became the first country to cross the grim mark. In India, more than 145,000 patients haveContinue Reading
Haldwani: In a new twist to the controversy over control of Nainital’s famous Sherwood College, the Diocese of Lucknow has moved the Uttarakhand High Court on Dec. 17stating that it is the real legal guardian of the institute, not the Diocese of Agra. Rakesh Sobti, the legal advisor of BishopContinue Reading
Patna: A 32-year-old man in Bihar was beaten to death by a mob over suspicion of cattle theft near state capital Patna. All six named in the complaint have been arrested, the police said. The incident took place December 16 in Phulwarisharif near Patna. The victim, Muhammad Alamgir, was thrashedContinue Reading
New Delhi: A group of 20 Indian doctors from the USA has delayed its return to provide medical services at Tikri border, where thousands of farmers have been protesting against the new farm laws for over three weeks now. Svaiman Singh, one of the doctors in the team, said theyContinue Reading
It’s a TV series called ‘Yeshu’, the Hindi name for Jesus and it’s slated for telecast on ‘&TV’ a ZEE TV subsidiary, on December 22. This TV series, produced and directed by Arvind Babbal is being touted as having ‘a never before story line’. The claim is certainly true, becauseContinue Reading
Mumbai : With Christmas just over a week away, Archbishop of Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias on December 15 sounded a note of caution, asking churches and parishioners to follow the guidelines in place in view of the pandemic. Issuing a slew of guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for churchesContinue Reading
New Delhi: The priest of a Gurdwara from Haryana, Baba Ram Singh, who joined the farmers’ protest, has died by suicide; he had shot himself. The 65-year-old was at the Delhi-Sonipat border at Kundli, where he reached last evening. The area is 2 km from the Singhu border, the epicentreContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Jesuit Father Stan Lourduswamy, now languishing in a Mumbai jail, has been selected for an award honoring Mukundan C Menon, a noted journalist who founded non-governmental human rights organizations such as People’s Union for Civil Liberties. Father Stan Swamy, as the Catholic priest is popularlyContinue Reading
An Austrian Catholic archbishop expressed dismay after the country’s top court ruled that assisted suicide should no longer be a criminal offense. In a Dec. 11 statement, Archbishop Franz Lackner said that the court’s judgment that the ban on assisted suicide was unconstitutional was a fundamental “cultural breach.” “Up untilContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: I find the word “denominations” abominable. In an era of competition between different churches, the term was used to distinguish between them. In today’s ecumenical era, the term becomes redundant. I would rather call them “Sister Churches.” Did not St Paul write to the churches in Corinth,Continue Reading
