Ordinary Indians pay price for Gandhian hypocrisy

Ordinary Indians pay price for Gandhian hypocrisy

Hypocrisy has been the name of the game when it comes to alcohol in India, particularly in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the father of the Indian nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Any number of human deaths will not stop politicians and even the...
Ranchi St Anne congregation completes 125 years

Ranchi St Anne congregation completes 125 years

The first indigenous women religious congregation in eastern India has concluded its 125 years of founding through various programs at Ranchi, capital of the Jharkhand state. Jesuit Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi July 23 presided over the jubilee Mass at St. Mary’s...
Stella Maris chaplain receives major anti-trafficking hero award

Stella Maris chaplain receives major anti-trafficking hero award

A Stella Maris port chap-lain in Thailand has been recognized by the US Department of State for her dedicated and untiring work supporting trafficked seafarers and fishers. Apinya Tajit, Stella Maris Deputy Director in Chanthaburi diocese received the US Department of...
Faith sustains Catholic mother amid hard times in Myanmar

Faith sustains Catholic mother amid hard times in Myanmar

Mary Song Thi May ‘is a special gift from God bringing His love to her people’ in Mai Yen Parish in Mai Son district. For more than a decade now, Benedette Marang Ji Grawng has been living in a crowd-ed camp for displaced people in conflict-torn Myanmar. With each...
Japan’s toxic culture of working long hours

Japan’s toxic culture of working long hours

A suicide warning at the entrance to Aokigahara Forest, known as Suicide Forest, in Japan’s Yamanashi prefe-cture. It reads: “Life is a precious thing that you have from your parents. Try to calmly think about your parents, brothers and sisters, your children. Please...