Church of South India devotes itself to Earth
2018-03-04
All 16,000 parishes to adopt eco-friendly norms as part of 12-point Green Protocol for Green DiscipleshipContinue Reading
Arunachal deputy chief minister hails Catholic education
2018-03-04
By Felix Anthony Namsai: Arunachal Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein says Catholic education has made him what he is today. “All that I am today, I owe it to the fathers and brothers at my school,” said the former student of Don Bosco School in Guwahati, Assamon March 3.Continue Reading
Vatican indicts ex-bank head, says embezzlement loss is $62M
2018-03-04
Vatican City: Vatican prosecutors have indicted the former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer on embezzlement charges, holding them responsible for losses of more than 50 million euros ($62 million) from real estate sales. The trial of Angelo Caloia and his lawyer, Gabriele Liuzzo, begins March 15. AContinue Reading
Christian NGOs in northeast support transgender
2018-03-04
By Prema Chowallur Guwahati: About 100 transgender people attended a rally in Assam to seek acceptance and respect from wider society. The All Assam Transgender Association organized the rally, titled “Transgender Pride,” at Guwahati, the commercial capital of the northeastern Indian state. Transgender community members from Guwahati Metro and ruralContinue Reading
‘Over 1,700 women died in Assam due to rape, dowry, witch-hunting’
2018-03-04
Guwahati: Deaths of 1,773 women have been reported in Assam due to rape, dowry and witch-hunt since 2006 till March 23 this year, the state government told the Assembly on Tuesday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary gave the information while replying to a question on behalf of Chief MinisterContinue Reading
A decade’s pain in Kandhamal
2018-03-04
By John Dayal Bhubaneswar: The sound of the Kui dialect speaks of a decade’s pain in Kandhamal district, Odisha, Eastern India. The sound of the Kui dialect resonates in the tin-roofed Church as Father Manoj Nayak, social activists interprets Harsh Mander and the members of the Karwan-e-Mohabbat, a civil societyContinue Reading
Journalist bodies flay Centre over fake news order
2018-03-04
New Delhi: Several journalist associations on Tuesday attacked a central government order that threatened to take away the accreditation of journalists who were found propagating fake news. But following widespread criticism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered to withdraw the order earlier in the day. The order issued on Monday nightContinue Reading
Attukal Pongala: World’s largest gathering of women celebrated
2018-03-03
Thiruvanathapuram: Braving the hot sun, thousands of women prepared ‘Pongala’ (offering) in makeshift brick stoves to appease the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathy temple here, in what is called as one of the world’s largest all women gatherings. These devotees filled highways, roads and bylanes. Traditionally a harvest festival, Pongala nowContinue Reading
UP cop saves stranger’s life despite daughter’s death
2018-03-03
Meerut: A 57-year-old Uttar Pradesh policeman is being hailed for his grit and dedication to his duty after he put a stranger man’s life over his own daughter’s death. Head constable Bhupendra Tomar was on his usual duty with his team at 9 am on February 23 when they receivedContinue Reading
The Digal’s and other martyrs of Village Tiangia
2018-03-02
By John Dayal Kandhamal: Father Bernard Digal, a priest of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, was the most senior priest or pastor killed in the violence of Kandhamal in 2008. A sensitive pro people Pastor who remembered his roots in the poorest of the poor in the remote village of Tiangia of Kandhamal district,Continue Reading