Pope Francis on Wednesday urged governments to combat child labour, saying it was terrible that children who should be playing are instead working as adults or scavenging in garbage dumps for somethin...

Selfish love   Sir — Part of the new normal ushered in by the pandemic is a spike in pet adoption rates. Amidst the despair caused by Covid-19, four-legged friends have proven to be b...

Pope Francis used his New Year’s message on Saturday to issue a clarion call for an end to violence against women, saying it was insulting to God. Francis, 85, celebrated a Mass in St. Peter&rs...

Magic words Sir — One of the biggest casualties of these testing times has been human relationships. Statistics show that forced togetherness induced by lockdowns deepened pre-existing fault l...

Pope Francis is seeking to encourage married couples, acknowledging that the pandemic has aggravated some family problems but urging couples to seek help and always remember three key words in a marri...

Pope Francis said on Monday he was willing to go to Moscow to meet Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill “brother to brother” in what would be the first trip by a pope to Russia.  The pa...

Pope Francis condemned the exploitation of migrants for political purposes on Sunday during a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, lamenting that Europe had entered “an era of walls and barbed w...

Haste makes waste Sir — After a prolonged suspension of six months, the West Bengal government has allowed local trains to ply at a 50 per cent seating capacity. Unsurprisingly, a huge number o...

There was no mention whether Modi discussed with Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pontiff, the death of  Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest and one of the oldest terrorism accused in India who pa...

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Pope Francis on Saturday and discussed a wide range of issues aimed at making the planet better by fighting climate change and removing poverty during th...