Coming up this week is an album to experience. A gem of a performance from Silver Springs, and we’re talking about a style-whirlpool of a group led by Maryland songwriter K Nkanza. For those of you who are familiar with the music streaming portal Bandcamp, you know that it allows artists to declare which musical […]
Catholic priests and nuns in Kerala have become pro-active about the ‘deliberate attempts’ to malign their image, but what’s beneath the surface? Taking serious note of the rising trend to defame the Church in mainstream media and social media platforms, priests and nuns have stopped playing the role of passive victims. Catholic officials in Kerala […]
On Thursday President Vladimir Putin of Russia ordered what he called a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Ukraine said it faced a “full-scale attack from multiple directions.” Hours after the Russian offensive began, the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops’ Conference sent a message to the faithful, inviting them to pray for “the leaders of our state, for […]
Pope Francis has turned the spotlight on nuns and women religious, a significant action for the entire Church the world over. The Catholic Church celebrates the 26th World Day for Consecrated life on Wednesday, February 2 . For the 26th edition of the celebration this year, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies […]
Against a background of ‘well-planned attacks’ on Christian institutions reported in the media and 486 incidents of violence against Christians in the past year (as reported by United Christian Front) the voice of the official church, the CBCI(Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India*) is missing. This is the gist of an appeal sent out to CBCI […]
Nitish Kumar, a 16 year old boy (who, incidentally, is the namesake of the Bihar Chief Minister), from a village in Gaya district, is currently swathed in bandages at Apollo Burn Hospital in Patna. Over 55 percent of his body has no skin. His skin peeled off from the neck downwards, after ‘unidentified’ men on […]
What does one do when the chief guest of the event of the year just doesn’t turn up on time? What if you get the news that the that person will probably be half an hour late? And what if that half hour stretches on to become two full hours? That’s not something that you’re […]
A 21-year old tribal boy from the Ooladbari tea gardens of North Bengal, survivor of a near fatal accident, two years and nine months ago, can now lead a normal life, thanks to the intervention of two Salesian priests and an ‘angel’ from Italy. Darshan Oraon, abandoned by his parents, lives with his ailing grandmother […]
The ink is hardly dry on the appointment of a Catholic priest to the Tamil Nadu public service commission, when the spreaders of hate and disinformation, have started their campaign. But first, the facts: Salesian Priest Arokia Raj Mariasurai is one of four newly appointed members to a government body that selects public servants in […]
The Prison Ministry of India (PMI) should go beyond visits to the prisons, intercessions, and organizing events on feast days and festivals. This was the thrust of views at a condolence event for Jesuit Human Rights Defender Stan Swamy organized by India’s foremost Catholic prison outreach programme with a presence in 27 States and union […]
It was a sweltering day in May, and Patna city was in the throes of the second wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Sister Dorothy Fernandez PBVM , the only Presentation sister in the state of Bihar, was knocking at the doors of the home for the destitute women in Padre ki Haveli. The home is […]
The passion of a pioneering Catholic nun for Guwahati’s third gender, championing their dignity, rights and recognition, has resulted in the first Church approved shelter for the Hijra community in Assam.The Catholic Church has started its first safe house for the marginalized transgender community in the Northeastern State of Assam this month. The opening of […]
