Mother Teresa’s anger had a subtle message
2016-08-28
Veteran journalist recalls his two encounters with Mother TeresaContinue Reading
Kolkatans believe Mother Teresa’s work made her a ‘saint’
2016-08-26
Mother Teresa will be canonised by the Catholic Church in a week-long grand ceremony in Rome on September 4, 2016. A contingent of nuns, priests, volunteers, followers, academics and government officials will be travelling to Rome to witness the ceremony. When the mass for canonisation of the blessed Teresa ofContinue Reading
Kolkata awaits The Letters at Mother Teresa film fest
2016-08-26
KOLKATA: The city will be treated to “The Letters” and some of the most internationally acclaimed documentaries as part of the four-day Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF), starting Friday. The Indian premiere of “The Letters” has been awaited ever since the screening at the Vatican, last year, at theContinue Reading
Mother Teresa just asked me to sing: Usha Uthup
2016-08-25
Mumbai: Not everyone gets two invites to the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa. But then, not everyone is Usha Uthup. Uthup has been a long-time supporter of Missionaries of Charity. She attended Mother’s beatification ceremony at the Vatican in 2003. At Mother’s canonization on September 4, Uthup will be aContinue Reading
Kolkata gears up for celebrations of ‘St. Teresa’
2016-08-10
Kolkata: A group of young independent photographers are busy clicking away, taking photos of the “City of Joy.” Their photos, part of the crowdsourced “Sainthood Project,” will be displayed in several locations in Rome in early September, to coincide with the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata. The photographers areContinue Reading
Indian couples frustrated as Missionaries of Charity stop adoptions
2016-05-19
KOLKATA: Seventeen-month-old Anirban Mukherjee playfully touches his mother’s face with his fingers at Shishu Bhavan, the Missionaries of Charity children’s home. Anirban’s parents brought him to visit and play with his old housemates. He was adopted in April 2015 by Abhay and Sampa Mukherjee, a childless couple from Asansol, anContinue Reading
Meeting with Yemen survivor, Sr. Sally
2016-04-23
Sr Sally recounted the events of March 4Continue Reading
Bangalore marks vigil for Salesian’s safe release
2016-04-05
The vigil marked a month of the priest’s abductionContinue Reading
West Indies cricket team donates to Mother Teresa’s charity
2016-04-05
Kolkata: From financing their own kits to the ‘Champion’ dance, the West Indies team’s World T20 triumph was nothing less than an inspirational story. The West Indies team had conflicts with their cricket board yet it managed to pull off an emphatic World T20 final win over England by 4Continue Reading
Archbishop leads prayer for abducted Salesian priest’s release
2016-03-21
Panaji: While expressing grief over the massacre of four Missionaries of Charity nuns in Yemen, archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao and the archdiocese of Goa and Daman prayed for the release of Salesian priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil. In a statement issued by the diocesan centre for social communications media, archbishop FilipContinue Reading