Vatican calls for granting seafarers shore leave

Stella Maris, global ship visiting network, has backed an urgent call from the Vatican for all seafarers to be granted shore leave immediately.
In a message ahead of Sea Sunday on July 10, the Vatican said that some governments and some shipping companies must no longer use the pandemic “as an excuse” for banning the crew from going ashore.

India’s poor deserve better than this

Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say

Cardinal Ferrão Appointed to Vatican Communication Body

The Holy Father has appointed Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão as a member of the Dicastery for Communication, the Vatican office responsible for overseeing the Church’s

Indian Labor Rights Champion Named To Vatican’s Human Development Body

Christine Nathan, a Mumbai-based labor rights champion and president of the International Catholic Migration Commission, has been appointed as a member of the Dicastery for

A Historic Milestone: First Woman to Lead India’s Largest Catholic Health Network

Sister Helen Mary Anthony , 63 year old nun of the sisters of St.Anne , Bangalore, will become the first women director of the Catholic

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