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National Geographic honours Kerala’s “rebel” nuns

The US-based National Geographic magazine has honoured Kerala’s five “rebel” nuns by featuring them in its November issue. The 131-year-old magazine has hailed the endurance of Missionaries of Jesus Sisters Alphy Pallasseril, Ancitta Urumbil, Anupama Kelamangalathuveli, Josephine Villoonnickal, and Neena Rose in their demand for justice for one of their companions, who was allegedly raped […]

Indians less charitable than Asian counterparts

India ranked 82nd among 128 countries for generosity over the last 10 years, according to the tenth World Giving Index (WGI). Up to a third of Indians helped a stranger, one in four donated money, and one in five gave their time volunteering, the report said, attributing India’s low ranking to its strong culture of […]

CCBI Women’s Commission to revive role of mothers in Church

The Conference of Catholic Bi-shops’ of India (CCBI) – Women’s Commission held a workshop in New Delhi to revitalize the role of mothers in the Church. “The purpose of the seminar was to build a strong and united Church through faith-filled families by mothers in each diocese in India,” Sister Lidwin Fernandes, executive secretaries of […]

Syro-Malabar church to issue its ‘Aadhaar’ for parishes

In an ambitious attempt to move with the times and make its services, religious and otherwise, available at the ‘fingertips’ of believers, the Syro-Malabar Church is launching an app for each of its roughly 3,500 parishes – the church has already come out with custom made apps for more than 700 parishes. The apps are […]

9 states witnessed increased incidents of communal violence

India has witnessed more communal violence cases this year than the previous year, revealed the latest data culled by intelligence agencies. Nine states reported increased number of incidents of communal violence. Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 457 communal incidents in 2019 between January 1 and October 30, as compared to 396 incidents last year […]

Indian Evangelical churches call on Christians to pray for persecuted Church

The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) and the National Alliance and Central Network of Evangelicals in India called on the Christian community to observe the Nov 24 as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). “An estimated 100 million Christians face persecution daily in the world today. In India according to the […]

Kerala Church to encourage young widows’ remarriage

The Family Commission of Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) will create a matrimonial website, with a separate option for the widows to register. “We want to bring in a change in the overall outlook to widows in our community. Even today society prescribes dress code for them and forces them to behave in a certain […]

This Japanese painter found the faith through sacred art

Osamu Giovanni Micico had never read the Bible, knew nothing of the stories of Christ in the gospels, and had never heard of the apostles, when his experience studying sacred art in Italy brought him to the Catholic faith. “When I came to Italy, painting was the only street for me as far as my […]