Hanoi: Vietnam is facing its fourth COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, but appears again able to contain the spread of the virus and prevent a surge of infections and deaths. As a result, the Vietnamese government and Vietnamese Buddhist associations have come to India’s aid, which is struggling toContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis has challenged the Vatican’s own media employees to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news. The Pope raised these questions as he on May 24 visited the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around theContinue Reading
By Chhotebhai The red hat is synonymous with cardinals. I have no idea of the cost of such a hat in Rome; whether the cardinals have to purchase their own, or they are presented to them by the Pope. However, the tag of Forty Euros (E40) is the limit thatContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur: St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, a prestigious Church institution in Bengaluru, has begun guiding a diocese in Odisha in Covid protocol behavior. “My diocese is grateful to St. John’s Medical College helping us to deal with the present crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic,”Continue Reading
Bengaluru: All India Imams Council has urged the Karnataka government to extend to Muslim clerics and Christian priests the Covid relief compensation now given to Hindu priests. The Karnataka “government should immediately declare compensation to the staff and priests of mosques and churches, who are distraught due to lock downContinue Reading
By: Ittoop Panikulam SVD Part of my curious daily morning ritual is to look for Sandeep Adhwaryu’s political cartoons. His cartoons are wise symbols that roar out volumes of truths to the viewers like me. And they are at the same time humorous and witty! The gap between words andContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: A coaching centre owner in Jasdan town of Gujarat’s Rajkot district was arrested for allegedly breaking COVID-19 norms after police found more than 550 students in his premises during a raid, the police said on May 24. The raid on the centre took place on May 23 and itsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: The first college Community Radio in North Bengal launched a creative initiative to mark 75th year of India’s Independence with what it calls ‘Azaadi Freedom Songs’ – a celebration of diversity and harmony. India snatched its freedom from British colonial rule on 15th August 1947.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: In spite of the pandemic times disrupting regular novitiate schedules, in the nine novitiates of South Asia region, this year has more novices making their first profession than last year. Starting from traditional 24th May date for the first professions, this year there are 120Continue Reading
Abuja: One priest has been killed and another kidnapped from a parish in northern Nigeria. Father Alphonsus Bello was killed and Father Joe Keke was abducted on May 20, by a group of armed men who stormed the parish of St Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina,Continue Reading
