Wish you a Meri Christmas! Here's how ancient India celebrated Christ’s birth'Burra Din' as it came to be called in India was celebrated very differently indeed in Syria-and it was not even on December 25! The animal...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.03 AM IST
After 2 years, COVID-19 finally lands at Pacific archipelago of Kiribati, one of the last uninfected places in the worldKiribati and several other small Pacific nations were among the last places on the planet to have avoided any virus.
28 Jan, 2022, 07.01 PM IST
View: The beginning and end of using religionHistory books encourage us to see Romans as conquerors, as as brute oppressors and hedonists, but not as tolerant rulers, who allowed relig...
06 Feb, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
Kerala nun gets notice for leading life against religious principlesThe nun has been asked to offer explanation to Superior General sister Ann Joseph at Generalate of the Congregation at 11 AM Wednesday.
09 Jan, 2019, 01.23 PM IST
Rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal released on bailThe court, while granting the conditional bail, had directed the bishop to leave the state within 24 hours of his release from the sub-jail.
16 Oct, 2018, 04.09 PM IST
Bishop Franco Mulakkal arrestedThis is the first time in the country that a bishop has been arrested for rape. "Given the stature of the accused, the police left nothing ...
21 Sep, 2018, 11.19 PM IST
Nun rape case: Questioning of priest continues for 3rd dayKottayam Superintendent of Police Hari Sankar has said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case has decided to complete the in...
21 Sep, 2018, 11.56 AM IST
Nuns in Kerala are taking on the influential Catholic Church for justiceThe five sisters belong to the Missionaries of Jesus, a Latin Catholic order set up in Jalandhar in 1993, headquartered there and with thre...
16 Sep, 2018, 10.40 AM IST
Case against Missionaries of Jesus after it releases nun's photo with BishopIndian laws prohibit revealing the identity of rape and sexual assault victims.
14 Sep, 2018, 09.24 PM IST
In a first, Catholic nuns protest ‘sexploitation’The protests, organised by the Joint Christian Council included seven nuns, five of them from Missionaries of Jesus congregation to which t...
09 Sep, 2018, 11.40 AM IST
Meet the 80-yr-old nun who paints & prints over 1,000 Christmas cards a yearSr Claire’s Christmas paintings have a rural setting, with typical Indian backgrounds, dress codes and motifs.
18 Dec, 2017, 02.13 PM IST
How churches in Arunachal Pradesh are facing resistance over conversion of tribalsThe church has over the decades reaped rich rewards by converting tribal souls of Arunachal, but now the indigenous communities — with some...
19 Nov, 2017, 10.26 AM IST
Date with history: Thatched roof church that saved people of all faiths from plaguePresent Gothic structure was designed by a French architect and built in 1875.
22 Dec, 2016, 10.49 AM IST
Rev Ferdinand Kittel: This German missionary's Lex appeal remains till dateHe travelled the length and breadth of Karnataka for more than two decades. Then he compiled the first Kannada-to-English dictionary, in 18...
20 Oct, 2016, 11.13 AM IST
Poke Me: No need to get confrontational on adoption, The Missionaries of Charity doesn't have a monopolyIt is unfortunate that the founder of the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa passed away nearly two decades before her faithful follower...
14 Oct, 2015, 08.09 PM IST
No arrest yet in nun gang rape case, more detainedNadia district superintendent of police Arnab Ghosh said the detentions were in addition to the ten detained till yesterday but refused to ...
17 Mar, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
RSS wants to set up a model school in every block of the country before 2017For the RSS, the ascent of the Narendra Modi-led BJP to power is a signal that it’s time for the culture wars to be taken to the next level.
02 Jan, 2015, 04.01 AM IST