By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 16, 2020: “How can you be a nun and a lawyer?” people often ask lawyer-nuns. Some consider it a joke while others take it as an ordinary query to respond. Since the Second Vatican Council, the Church’s mission has been evolved according to the needsContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Sondada, April 6, 2020: A Kolkata boy has been a media man with the prestigious Vatican Radio for some 30 years now. He is currently working for the English language world program of what is the Pope’s Radio. Robin Gomes started his stint with Vatican Radio’s IndianContinue Reading
By Serene Sarah Zachariah Attapadi, March 29, 2020: N Rangaswamy has achieved the impossible. The school dropout tribal from Kerala’s Attapadi became the first person to hold doctorate from his community and find a job as a lecturer. “I grew up in a small hut with my sisters and parentsContinue Reading
By Philip Mathew Bengaluru, March 17, 2020: Sister Gracy Vadakara, the Indian provincial of the Daughters of the Church, is a promoter of interreligious dialogue and ecumenism. The 56-year-old nun, based in Bengaluru, southern India, was elected the head of her congregation in 2018. Previously, she served as the generalContinue Reading
C Chingsaham Longding, March 16, 2020: Few people can manage to serve society while they have their own struggles. However, a young man from Longkhaw village in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh has been providing free tuition to students in his community. With a master’s degree in economics, Chanphua WangsuContinue Reading
By Sumon Corraya Dhaka, March 15, 2020: Father John Chinnappan, an Indian Jesuit priest, has been working in priestly formation and preaching of retreats in Bangladesh for the past ten years. The native of Thandavasamuthiram village in Tamil Nadu, southern India, shares his missionary life experience in Bangladesh. “When IContinue Reading
By Bikram Keshari Jena Bhubaneswar, March 14, 2020: Rhea Resham Bari is writing a new chapter for her tribal people. The young Ho girl from Odisha has beaten all odds to leave a mark in the fashion technology. Her success has proved one can achieve great heights despite development andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Salem, March 11, 2020: Bishop Sebastianappan Singaroyan, who resigned as the head of Salem diocese for health reasons, has moved to a parish to work as an assistant pastor. Pope Francis on March 9 accepted the resignation of the 68-year-old bishop and appointed a diocesan administrator.Continue Reading
By Mark Joeverth Zamora Manila, March 10, 2020: Sister Jolly Joseph, a member of Daughters of the Sacred Heart and a missionary from India, has been working in the Philippines for the past ten years. She spends her time as a campus missionary in the Central Colleges of the Philippines,Continue Reading
Vadodara, March 7, 2020: Shivam Solanki, who lost his hands and legs in an accident at the age of 13, is appearing in class 12th Board Exam after learning how to write using his elbows. Shivam Solanki had scored 81 per cent in 10th Board. He has taught himself toContinue Reading
