Kochi — Followers of the Assyrian Church of the East in India Saturday celebrated the election of Maran Mar Gewargis III as their new Patriarch. He was elected Friday by the Synod of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East in Arbel, Iraq, church officials said. The postContinue Reading
Kottayam: The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church will adopt a village in Nepal. According to a spokesman of the Church, this will be a comprehensive reconstruction project in the earthquake-hit country. Under the project, 50 houses in the village will be reconstructed in addition to establishing a drinking water supply scheme.Continue Reading
St Thomas Aquinas taught that life begins 40 days after fertilizationContinue Reading
Mumbai: The upcoming National Eucharistic Congress of India, being held in Mumbai in November and expected to draw thousands, is meant to deepen the understanding, appreciation, and love of the Eucharist. The event will be held Nov. 12-15 at the Archdiocese of Bombay’s St. Piux X seminary, and is centeredContinue Reading
A video-recorded message from Pope Francis will also be relayed at the CongressContinue Reading
Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 at Skopje in MacedoniaContinue Reading
Bangaluru: After almost seven years of church attacks in Mangaluru, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has found that police had used excessive force on those who protested against the attacks and has directed the state government to give compensation to 12 victims of police excesses. Accordingly, the state governmentContinue Reading
Accused disappointed and disillusioned; forced to appear in court like criminals; MLA Benjamin hopeful that matter will be sorted soon and recounts Parsekar’s promise; Fr Dias protests his innocence during interaction with mediaContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar—Bangalore City is to observe Kandhamal Solidarity Day on August 29 at 5:30 pm at Town Hall in Bangalore, India. Jagadish G Chandra, an official of New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India) and organizer of the event, said as of now more than 90 people are going to attend the event. TheContinue Reading
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission has found several deficiencies in the investigation of a sensational case of alleged rape of a nun in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on June 20 this year, while observing that the alleged culprits were yet to be caught. It has also found that theContinue Reading
