Salesian chief meets Uzhunnalil family in Kerala
2017-11-05
The Salesian Rector Major arrived in India on November 4 Continue Reading
Teacher strips girl students over ‘theft’
2017-11-04
Damoh: Two class 10 girl students of a government school in Damoh, some 250km from Bhopal, alleged that their teacher made them strip on suspicion of stealing in an incident which came to light on Friday evening. One of the girls, at the Rani Durgawati H S School, said thatContinue Reading
Presbyterian Church of India conducts one day meet on climate change
2017-11-04
Diphu: The Peace and Justice Committee of the Presbyterian Church of India (PCI) organised a one day meet on ‘Declaration for Action on Mitigating Climate Change”. The meet was held at Presbyterian Assembly house, Central ward, Shillong on Nov. 1. The meet exclusively discussed on the climate changes which isContinue Reading
India plunges to 108th in gender equality ranking
2017-11-04
Tokyo: Asia’s largest economies dropped in the World Economic Forum’s latest gender equality ranking, announced on Thursday, with India falling 21 places to 108th. The new Global Gender Gap Index shows that while the region has become a major driver of the global economy, most countries still lag behind when itContinue Reading
South Asian governments asked to tackle crimes against media
2017-11-04
New Delhi: A forum of journalists from South Asia has urged governments and society to respect professional media, uphold the law, and resist the intimidation and censoring of journalists. The South Asia Media Defenders Network, on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists onContinue Reading
Tribal leaders motivated to work for sustainable development
2017-11-03
Triabal communities and the Church have to introspect where they are taking their peopleContinue Reading
Faithful go green on All Souls Day
2017-11-03
Panaji: The faithful chose to go green for All Souls Day, largely keeping away from plastic while decorating the graves of their loved ones. The appeal from the Archdiocese’s Caritas Goa and the Council for Social Justice and Peace to reduce plastic, circulated to all churches and chapels, was readContinue Reading
Kerala court quotes Bible to warring Church factions
2017-11-03
Kochi: The Kerala has taken recourse to the Bible to convince two warring factions of the Orthodox Church in Kerala the need for maintain peace and harmony. The court on November 2 quoted the Bible while disposing a police protection by St Thomas Church against the alleged violent activities ofContinue Reading
Symposium on Reformation held
2017-11-03
By Farrell Shah Kolkata: The Archdiocese of Calcutta organised an ecumenical symposium on “Revisiting the Reformation” at St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, October 31. Jesuit father Felix Raj, principal, while welcoming the two keynote speakers Father John Romus and Reverend Sunil Michael Caleb, said, “today is a historic day. For itContinue Reading
Sr. Rani Maria’s beatification: ‘A joy for India’
2017-11-02
The CBCI Secretariat has issued a Press Release on November 2, ahead of the Beatification of Sister Rani Maria which will be held on November 4, in Indore, India. Sister Rani Maria, professed sister of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation whose cause was cleared for beatification on March 23, 2017 willContinue Reading