By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: As many as 14 Catholic priests in India have succumbed to the coronavirus pandemic between April 20 and 23, according to available information. They were among more than 20 priests the Church lost to Covid-19 in the past one month. The Church in IndiaContinue Reading
Nashik: Disruption in the supply of medical oxygen has killed at least 22 patients in a hospital in western India’s Maharashtra state, officials have said. Suraj Mandhare, an official in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, said an oxygen tanker leaked outside a hospital in the city, halting its supply forContinue Reading
Dimapur: Amid surging Covid-19 infections in the Christian majority Nagaland, Governor R N Ravi has requested Church leaders to influence people to follow coronavirus protocols. The governor held a meeting on April 19 with leaders of various Christian denominations in Nagaland at Dr Imkongliba Hal inside Raj Bhavan, his residence,Continue Reading
By C.M. Paul Kolkata: Archbishop Emeritus Lucas Sirkar of Calcutta and founder of two religious institutes, died April 18. He was 84. “Dear Confreres, this is to convey another sad news, that of the passing away of Most Rev. Lucas Sirkar SDB, Archbishop Emeritus of Archdiocese of Kolkata, at 1Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmedabad: The Catholic Church in Gujarat has lost five priests in 24 hours as the second wave of the Covie-19 pandemic continues to create havoc in India. “It is a particularly sad time for us in the Church of Gujarat that we have lost five priestsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Karunagappally: The body of a 42-year-old Catholic nun was found April 16 in a well of a convent at Kureepuzha near Karunagappally town in Kollam district of Kerala, report Malayalam news channels. The deceased was identified as Sister Mable Joseph, a member of the Pious WorkersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: A Catholic nun wants the Church and society to urgently reach out to poor migrant laborers as India is reeling under the second wave of coronavirus. Migrant laborers “continue to fall on prey to road accident, sickness, starvation and death,” laments Sister Sujata Jena, whoContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has granted anticipatory bail to three persons, including to two elderly nuns, in a medico-legal case. The apex court on April 13 ordered the Madhya Pradesh police not to arrest Sisters Herman Joseph and Loraine Thayil and Sabeeha AnsariContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru: Apostolic Carmel Sisters have celebrated the centenary of St. Agnes College in Mangaluru. The valedictory program on 10 April showcased the congregation’s mission of “empowering women in India” at various fields. One of the premier women’s colleges in India, St Agnes has produced veteran women inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Catholic media persons in India on April 10 mourned the death of Jesuit Father Varghese Paul, a prolific Gujarati writer who started a news agency for South Asia in early 1980s. He was 77. Father Paul, a member of the Gujarat Jesuit province, died atContinue Reading