Mumbai: A section of Catholics in Mumbai has written to their archbishop regarding a trend to bury corpses without coffin. On Wednesday, the Our Lady of Mercy (OLM) Church wrote to Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay, that the  practice has hurt their religious sentiments. “In the past few months,Continue Reading

Imphal: A powerful earthquake struck the north-east before dawn today, killing at least nine people and injuring nearly 40, though the toll was expected to rise, with rescue efforts hampered by severed power supplies and telecommunication links. Three people have also died in Bangladesh which was jolted by strong tremors;Continue Reading

Panaji: Goa is plunging into a “new and ever-greater form of intolerance” which includes crime against women and children and that an attempt to “polarise” majority against minority is being made by inciting hatred among people, the state’s archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said Monday. He also observed that the ethos ofContinue Reading