Pollution in Delhi soared to hazardous levels on the night of Diwali, hitting 40 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Already one of the most polluted cities in the world, the Indian capital deteriorated even further thanks in part to firecrackers being set off to celebrate the Hindu festival of lights. LevelsContinue Reading
“All love marriages should not be termed as ‘love-jihad’,” observed the Kerala High Court on October 19, while hearing a petition with regard to an inter-religious marriage of Kannur-native Sruthi and Anees Hammed. The court further said that these kind of marriages should be encouraged as there is no boundaryContinue Reading
Margao, Goa: From the time of its elevation as a church in 1959, the Our Lady of Grace Church Margao has to depend on the benevolence of the neighbouring Holy Spirit Church and Our Lady of Rosary Church Navelim to bury its dead as the Grace Church does not haveContinue Reading
Believers Church spokesperson issued a statement on October 16Continue Reading
Cardinal Oswald Gracias delivered a speech in Mumbai, India about Pope Francis’s document on the family, ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ without mentioning the controversies that have consumed many people in the west. Instead, he discussed the document’s calling on families to proactively live the Gospel, and be protagonists of the Church’s mission of evangelization.Continue Reading
Raigarh: A 46-year-old man was today trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisagrh’s Raigarh district. The incident took place this morning in the forest adjacent to Kansabahar village under Dharamjaigarh forest division when the victim identified as Tejram Majhwar had gone to attend nature’s call, Division Forest OfficerContinue Reading
A prayer campaign for the seven was launched on October 15 Continue Reading
Madurai, Tamilnadu: Archbishop of Bombay Cardinal Oswald says though it is not yet a crisis, recent events have triggered serious anxiety Stating that there was a sense of anxiousness among the minorities today in India, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay and a member of the nine-member Council ofContinue Reading
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New Delhi: Increasing attacks on Dalit people in India give the impression that the country is regressing to the ancient era where those people were treated worse than slaves, a Catholic prelate laments. “The media reported recently that a 21-year-old Dalit man was beaten to death allegedly by a groupContinue Reading
