Goa plans to take a leaf out of Hampi on conservation and upkeep of the coastal state’s 17th century Unesco-endorsed Old Goa Church complex, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on May 5. Sawant’s assurance follow-ed a meeting of officials from the Archaeological Survey...
A teenage girl in Odisha uses art to spread the devotion to Mary during the nationwide lockdown time. Meghanjali Majhi, a resident of Raikia village in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, has intensified her efforts especially during May, the month dedicated to the Blessed...
A court in Kerala has sentenced a former sacristan to life for killing the rector of a famous Christian pilgrim centre in the southern Indian State. “The sacristan is sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the offence punishable under section 302 of IPC and...
It’s a tale of two Sundays, 163 years apart. Once again, a battle has forced one of the oldest churches in northern India to shut down for almost two months. The last time the British-built St John’s Church shut doors was in 1857 when the first war of Indian...
The former Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church is threatened by a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanist ideologies.” He cited gay marriage, abortion and the “creation of humans in the laboratory” as examples. The retired Pope, 93, said: “Modern society...
