Anto Akkara
Journalist at Freelance
Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs): Journalist covering South Asia
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2 days ago |
catholicworldreport.com | Anto Akkara |Russell Shaw
A burnt scooter on May 9, 2025, stands on the spot where twins Zian Khan and Urwa Fatima died on May 7 during Pakistani artillery shelling in the main town of Poonch district. / Credit: PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP via Getty ImagesBangalore, India, May 12, 2025 / 10:40 am (CNA).
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2 days ago |
catholicnewsagency.com | Anto Akkara
Bangalore, India, May 12, 2025 / 10:40 am A Catholic school and convent in India came under shelling from Pakistan military forces last week, with three students killed in the town of Poonch close to the Pakistan border, as fighting between the two countries’ militaries broke out before ending quickly over the weekend. “One shell fell near our Christ School campus at Poonch, killing a twin brother and sister. The siblings were our students,” Jammu Bishop Ivan Pereira told CNA.
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4 weeks ago |
ncregister.com | Anto Akkara
The annual Palm Sunday procession in Delhi April 13 banned by the local police over “law and order and traffic concerns,” was met with fierce and swift criticism from Catholics and free speech advocates in the region.
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1 month ago |
angelusnews.com | Heather King |Scott Hahn |Anto Akkara
“A Night to Remember” is an award-winning 1958 black-and-white movie about the sinking of the Titanic. On that fateful night in 1912, the ship held 2,224 passengers. The lifeboats had room for approximately 1,178. One of the film’s most moving elements is the women-and-children-first ethos that largely guided their loading. That in a life-threatening situation women and children should be saved first is not a written law, now or then.
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1 month ago |
catholicworldreport.com | Anto Akkara |Carl Olson
Indian bishops condemn assault on Catholic pilgrims and priests at Jabalpur By Anto Akkara for CNA Christians protest a recent attack on Catholics in Jabalpur on April 1, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of JabalpurBangalore, India, Apr 3, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has condemned an attack on Catholic pilgrims visiting churches near the city of Jabalpur along with the beating of senior diocesan officials there.
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Weapons know no religion. Muslim twins Zian Khan & Urwa Fatima who were killed at Poonch in Jammu - in Pakistani shelling on May 7 morning. Sadly,the twins studying in 5th Std were hit when they were fleeing with their parens after their house had been hit by a shell earlier https://t.co/RTILjAbvp5
Such was the charisma of Pope Francis that even the flowers showered by a girl formed this flower bouquet in the air during Pope Francis's visit to war-ravaged Sri Lanka in 20215. I was indeed privileged to accompany the Pope to report the four-day visit for the CNS. https://t.co/tmaPj2IuZf
Equating Pranab Mukherjee with Manmohan Singh is like equating the Moon to the Sun