Hundreds attend Archbishop D’Souza’s funeral
2016-07-01
Cardinal Toppo led the funeral MassContinue Reading
Students, nuns protest ‘harassment’ by corporator
2016-06-30
Pune: Citing harassment from a local corporator and her husband over junior school admissions, nuns working with Mount Carmel School, along with students and parents, staged a dharna outside the school to protest against the incident. The dharna was organised by the Catholic Association of Pune against corporator Aarti BabarContinue Reading
Naga leader Isak Chishi Swu dies
2016-06-28
He was founder-member and chairperson of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah, NSCN-IM)Continue Reading
Archbishop Henry D’Souza, Mother Teresa’s friend, dies
2016-06-27
Archbishop Henry D’Souza played a significant role in fast-tracking Blessed Mother Teresa’s canonization processContinue Reading
New Guntur bishop appointed
2016-06-26
Fr Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini is a parish priest from Nalgonda dioceseContinue Reading
Xavier’s NGO in trouble for reserving cleaner job for upper castes
2016-06-23
Ahmedabad: Human Development and Research Center (HDRC), an NGO run by St Xavier’s Non-Formal Education Society, got embroiled in a major controversy over a job advertisement of sanitation worker stating that candidates from unreserved, general category would be given preference for the post. On Wednesday, the notice invited ire fromContinue Reading
Oldest missionary in northeast India dies
2016-06-23
Guwahati – The oldest missionary in northeast India breathed his last in the early hours of Thursday, 23 June at Salesian Provincial House Guwahati. He was 98 years old. “The Salesian province of Guwahati deeply mourns the passing away of Fr Porcu Mario on June 23, 2016 at 1.40 am,”Continue Reading
India sets new record in space mission
2016-06-22
Chennai: India took a big leap in space technology on Wednesday when Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) used its workhorse PSLV-C34 to inject 20 satellites including 17 foreign satellites into orbit in a single mission and set a new record on Wednesday. The 320-tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C34) tookContinue Reading
Jesuit Refugee Service launches “mercy in motion” campaign in India
2016-06-21
Pope Francis declared 2016 as the Jubilee Year of Mercy and JRS responded with the “Mercy in Motion” campaignContinue Reading
Catholic priest hospitalized after attempt on life in Assam
2016-06-20
The state minority commission has asked for a report from the district officialsContinue Reading