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CMC sisters give shelter to Kochi Metro trans employees‍

The nuns of the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC) providing accomodation to the transgenders employed by Kochi Metro who were facing homelessness. In one of the first major initiatives to employ transgen-ders, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) hired 23 trans employees

Declare St Teresa’s birthday ‘Compassion Day’: Mumbai NGO to UN

A Mumbai-based NGO on June 27 urged the United Nations to declare August 26, the birth anniversary of St Mother Teresa, International Compassion Day. In a state-ment, Harmony Foundation President Abraham Mathai said compassion is the need of the hour and what better way to have the world observe Inter-national Day of Compassion than by […]

When RSS loyalist Kovind said Islam, Christianity are alien to India

“Islam and Christianity are alien” to India, NDAs Presi-dential candidate Ram Nath Kovind said seven years ago when he was just appointed a BJP spokesperson. Kovind, then a little known BJP leader, addressed a press conference at the BJP headquarters here on March 26, 2010, sought that the Justice Ranganath Misra Commission, which had recommended […]

India court affirms priests’ right to property despite poverty oath

A high court in southern India has ruled that Christian priests and nuns are entitled to their right to property despite their vows of poverty, signalling an end to a centuries-old tradition that has left many in the clergy destitute. In its order in favour of a priest whose relatives cut him out of his […]

Pope Francis may not visit India this year

Cardinal Oswald Gracias said he thinks Pope Francis may not be able to visit India as planned at the end of 2017. The Archbishop of Bombay said that while he is optimistic the pope will visit India at some point in the future, discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government about a visit this year […]

Archbishop’s ecumenical prayer for peace in Northeast India

An inter-denominational Christian organization in northeast India has welcomed an ecumenical prayer initiative launched by a retired Catholic archbishop known for his relentless efforts for peace in the restive region. Archbishop emeritus Thomas Menamparampil, of Guwahati (Assam state) and former apostolic administrator of Jowai (in Meghalaya state) has proposed a “special ecumenical prayer for peace […]