Responding to petitions filed by homosexual activists with India’s Supreme Court, the federal government told the court ‘the legal recognition of marriage is.
Relatives of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 mourn April 29 over the casket before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi. (CNS/Reuters/Adnan Abidi)
Global Sisters Report invited its sister columnists in India to share their experiences of how the terrible outbreak of COVID-19 has affected their country in the last few months. Six sisters wrote special columns, compiled below, describing their experiences and what it is like on the ground as health workers, as tribal citizens, as compassionate caregivers and as victims of the virus themselves. is a Daughter of St. Anne from the Simdega district of Jharkhand, North India. She joined the community right after high school, studying science and social work and finally taking a law degree. She has taught high school science, worked at the Xavier Institute of Management, and served as the province social work coordinator in Ranchi and as a regional secretary of the Conference of Religious India. She
Panaji: Pitaji Vasco do Rego SJ remembered as Crusader of Konkani
Thu, Feb 18 2021 01:10:15 PM
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Panaji, Feb 18: It is a Herculean task to write the obituary of a multifaceted and multitalented personality like that of Fr Vasco do Rego, SJ, a Jesuit priest of Goa province. He was fondly known as Pitaji (means father) among his friends and followers. He was born on January 8, 1925 at Panaji, Goa. His parents were Antonio Augusto do Rego and Aurora Maria Helena Correia Afonso do Rego. His father was a known doctor. He was the grandson of Roque and Claudina Correia Afonso, a couple from Benaulim who had seven priests among their 52 grandchildren. Fr Renato do Rego of the Goa archdiocese was his brother.
Mangaluru: Fr Praveen Martis to receive âOutstanding Community Leaderâ award from IIPP
Mon, Jan 25 2021 04:40:00 PM
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Mangaluru, Jan 25: In recognition for his dedicated service to humanity, especially in the field of higher education and administrative acumen, principal of St Aloysius College, Fr Praveen Martis has been nominated for the `Outstanding Community Leaders of Mangaluruâ Award by International Institute for Public Policy (IIPP), an international organization based in Mangaluru for the cause of policy implementation for public good. The announcement of the award is made on the eve of Republic Day by Max and Jessie Rasquinha, Houston/Dallas, Texas, USA, the founders of International Orientation Centre and International Institute for Public Policy.