By Tomy Manjaly I am Father Tomy Manjaly, the youngest in a family of seven children. I have five brothers and one sister. My sister is a nun who has been ministering to the seniors and the mentally challenged people in Bethlehem, Israel, for the past 31 years. I wasContinue Reading
India’s COVID-19 infections have surged past 20 million, nearly doubling in the past four months – marking the biggest increase in COVID-19 infections globally. The country of nearly 1.4 billion people has a staggering 3.45 million active cases, although experts warn that actual numbers could be five to ten timesContinue Reading
Melbourne: On the evening of 28 April, a group of people of Indian origin held a candlelight vigil at Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne to pray for the well-being those living in India as its COVID-19 crisis continues. The vigil, titled ‘Pray for India’ also saw multifaith prayersContinue Reading
Washington: An Indian-American group led by several doctors, who trace their origin to Bihar and Jharkhand, has launched a free telemedicine helpline for COVID-19 patients back home. Led by Dr Avinash Gupta, who is president of Bihar and Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA), and several of Indian-American doctors, theContinue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, will be among more than 25 cardinals and bishops attending the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest. The 52nd edition of the Congress, a celebration of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist with participantsContinue Reading
Wales: In February this year, Shirley Murphy became the first Indian origin priest. She is now the chaplain to the bishop of St Davids, Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is an irony that she laughs at. “It was the Welsh who converted us, six generations ago. They taught usContinue Reading
By Kiernan Green Montreal: Jesuits in Canada joined conferrers around the world to call for the release of Father Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Indian Jesuit and human rights defender charged and imprisoned under India’s anti-terror laws. A Sessions Court judge in Mumbai denied Father Swamy bail on March 22, accordingContinue Reading
Cairo: Dredgers have joined efforts to refloat Ever Given, a giant container ship grounded in the Suez Canal for over two days, and to free the waterway for other ships. As of March 24, the ship was partially refloated and placed alongside the Canal bank, said Gulf Agency Company (GAC),Continue Reading
By Aaron Hemens Creston: Kanickaisamy Lawrence was barely nine-years-old when he developed an interest in becoming a priest. It was the early 1990s, and he was just a grade four student at St. Paul’s Higher Secondary School in Salem, a city located in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Continue Reading
Jaffna: Gopal Bagay, the Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, made a trip to the country’s North-East, the traditional Tamil homeland, ahead of a crucial vote on the island nation at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council Session (UNHRC) in Geneva. During his visit on March 13,Continue Reading
