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A group of students in India’s only Catholic university recently initiated a programme to help village communities connect with one another using communications as a tool for social development. The Department of Mass Communication of Don Bosco University in north-east Assam state, organized the community connect program as a Communication for Development (C4D) project at Amguri village in Sonapur outside state capital Dispur. As an introduction to C4D tools, the department conducted a participatory photography workshop for a combination of village elders and youth which included both men and women.Department head Dr Machun Kamei says, “The community connect has been designed with an intention to develop a road map for communication approaches concerning the factors hindering the development of the local communities within the Sonapur area where the university is located and to encourage entrepreneurial ventures using communication as a tool for social deve...
The Catholic Church of India has expressed admiration for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as a “great intellectual giant” and an “erudite and knowledgeable theologian,” who has contributed immensely to the Universal Church and the world. Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, the secretary general the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has issued a message in view of the retired pontiff’s 90th birthday on April 16, Easter Sunday, regarding him as a “great man” who “enthralled the Church and the world with his simplicity, humility and his ardent efforts for peace in the world.” The message describes Pope Benedict XVI as holy man who brought lots of blessings to the whole Church as well as humanity.Bishop Mascarenhas noted that the former Pope has contributed immensely to the Universal Church through his teaching and example. “He influenced the people across barriers of nationalities, regions, languages and cul...
BIDI BIDI CAMP, Uganda (AP) -- As President Donald Trump seeks to cut foreign aid under the slogan of "America First," two U.S. senators are proposing making American food assistance more efficient after meeting with victims of South Sudan's famine and civil war....
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- In her job as a refugee case manager, Fatimah Farooq would come to work in a hijab and speak with her clients in Arabic. Nonetheless, she found herself being asked whether she was Muslim....
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- While the world watched the latest round of saber-rattling between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea staged a massive rally and military parade Saturday to mark the 105th anniversary of its national founder, Kim Il Sung. There weren't any nuclear tests or ballistic missile launches to mark the day. But concerns the rising tensions could lead to a real conflict were on the minds of many Koreans on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone....
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A federal judge dealt another blow Saturday to Arkansas' unprecedented plan to execute eight inmates in an 11-day period, saying the men have the right to challenge a drug protocol that could expose them to "severe pain."...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday he does not view recent U.S. missile strikes on ally Syria as a message for Iran, which he called a "powerful country" that the U.S. cannot harm....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian TV said at least 39 people were killed Saturday in an explosion that hit near buses carrying people evacuated from a besieged area of government loyalists. A war monitor put the death toll at 24 in the area controlled by opposition fighters....
Decrying extreme poverty, discrimination, conflict, displacement and other ills that still continue to plague Myanmar, the country’s cardinal has appealed to the rulers, the army, armed groups and religious leaders of the south-east Asian nation to let peace and hope be resurrected in their land. “Come let us join together to roll down all the mighty stones of despair from our life and bring the hope of Easter to this nation,” Cardinal Charles Bo appealed in an Easter message, entitled, “Let Peace Rise from the Ashes of Hatred. Let Easter be a new morning of Hope in Myanmar.” The cardinal who is Archbishop of Yangon said he visited the states of Kachin and Rakhine, where he was pained to see a chronic conflict hitting the poor hardest. Extreme poverty, displacement, refugees, unsafe migration, drugs and human trafficking are plaguing the people, especially the poor, he said. “We urge the rulers of thi...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over the Via crucis at the Colosseum in Rome on the evening of Good Friday. In keeping with tradition, he briefly addressed the faithful gathered to participate in the devotion. Below, please find our English translation of his remarks.**************************************O Christ! Abandoned and betrayed even by your own and sold for next to nothing.O Christ! Judged by sinners, handed over by those in Authority.O Christ! Suffering in the flesh, crowned with thorns and clothed in purple.O Christ! Beaten and nailed in excruciating pain to the Cross.O Christ! Pierced by the lance that broke your heart.O Christ! Dead and buried, you who are the God of life and existence.O Christ! Our only Saviour, we return to you this year with eyes lowered in shame and hearts filled with hope:Shame for all the images of devastation, destruction and wreckage that have become a normal part of our lives;Shame for the innocent blood shed daily by women, c...
