The Supreme Court on May 28 said precious time was being lost as children orphaned, abandoned and traumatised by the COVID-19 pandemic were starving without food on the streets of “this large country”. The apex court ordered district authorities across the country to immediately fan out and identify these childrenContinue Reading
By L. Bhushan Mumbai: One Day International Conference titled “Looking at the Pandemic Through Gender Lens” was organized by the Women Development and Empowerment Cell (WDEC), KES Shroff College in collaboration with Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), Government of Maharashtra and Beti Bachao Abhiyan, Department of Students’ Development, Shivaji University,Continue Reading
Washington DC: With fewer than 50 percent of Americans holding formal memberships in churches in 80 years, more Protestant churches are closing than opening nationwide, and further decline appears “inevitable,” new data show. Estimates made by the Nashville-based Lifeway Research, show that in 2019, well before many churches were forcedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy was on May 28 admitted to a Catholic hospital in Mumbai following the Bombay High Court intervention. Father Swamy arrived at Holy Family Hospital in Bandra, a Mumbai suburb, at 9:45 pm, according to Jesuit Father Arockiasamy Santhanam, spokespersonContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has applauded a Catholic parish for allowing the cremation of Hindu Covid victim in its cemetery. “The action of Edathua church to allow the pyre of a Covid -19 patient, who was not a member of the parish, is laudable,”Continue Reading
By Lalita Roshni Lakra New Delhi: Newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli arrived in New Delhi in early morning on May 28. He was received at the airport by Archbishops Anil Couto of Delhi and Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad along with Vatican embassy officials, says a messageContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: Many applaud Kerala for being a step ahead of other Indian states. But how much of that is true? Let me narrate my story as an example. Around 9:30 pm on May 23 I got a call. A migrant laborer in Alappuzha, a south-central district inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri: Young Indians (Yi), founded in the year 2002, is a movement to converge, lead, co-create & influence India’s future. Yi is an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) that aims to realize the dream of a developed nation. Yi Siliguri was formedContinue Reading
Oakland: A gun-wielding man allegedly robbed Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland of some money and his episcopal ring near the city’s cathedral on May 22, the very day the cathedral held a previously scheduled vigil against gun violence. “A man pulled a gun on me, pointed it at me, andContinue Reading
Geneva: A Swiss Catholic bishop has announced that he is appointing lay people in place of episcopal vicars in his diocese. Bishop Charles Morerod, who has led the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg since 2011, revealed the decision in a May 25 interview with the Swiss Catholic Church’s websiteContinue Reading
