On Sunday, 9 May, the French Catholic association Œuvre d’Orient will hold its Fourth International Day of Solidarity with Eastern Christians. On this occasion, Catholics are invited to join in prayer with Eastern Churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome, including the Armenian Catholic, Chaldean, Coptic Catholic, Ethiopian andContinue Reading
Operation Blessing, an international organization dedicated to partnering with people “to demonstrate God’s love by alleviate human suffering,” is bringing medical oxygen to COVID-hit patients in India. CBN News said that Operation Blessing will be donating “150 critical cylinders of medical oxygen” to India’s Philadelphia Ambala Mission Hospital that isContinue Reading
Baghpat: Seven people have been arrested in Baghpat in western Uttar Pradesh for stealing clothes of the dead from crematoria and burial grounds, said police on Sunday. The arrests come at a time when social media and the national dailies have been cataloguing an ever growing number of dead bodiesContinue Reading
After dipping into his savings to weather India’s snap pandemic lockdown last March, Manoj Kumar was just getting his head above water again earning 600 rupees ($8) a day as a construction worker in the tourist hotspot of Goa. He’d squirreled away enough for a trip last month to hisContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad: It was a scene which will forever be etched in the memory of millions the world over: on May 25 2020, on a street in Minneapolis, US. A white police officer Derek Chauvin had his knee pressed down on the neck of a blackContinue Reading
Kabul: Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on May 8 killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said. A senior interior ministry official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that most of the casualties were students coming out of theContinue Reading
Jaipur: Twenty-one people died in as many days at a village in Rajasthan’s Sikar district allegedly after a Covid-19-infected corpse was buried without following protocol. However, officials said that only four deaths have occurred due to the virus between April 15 and May 5. According to officials, a Covid-19-infected bodyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New York: A Vatican agency that funds the Eastern Churches across the globe has rushed aid to its partners in India to help the country meet the challenge from the coronavirus pandemic. “India is in crisis. The country is battling a growing humanitarian disaster, as theContinue Reading
Ludhiana: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh made a video call to 10-year-old street vendor and asked him to rejoin school. The chief minister’s gesture came after a video showing Vansh Singh selling socks on roads in Ludhiana to support his family went viral. He promised assistance for the boy’s family.Continue Reading
By Rahel Philipose Vasco: When Sringar-based school student Maleeha Zehra completed her tenth grade examinations two years ago, she was faced with the age-old conundrum of selecting a stream in high school — a daunting choice, which at the time felt make-or-break. Her heart was set on studying political science,Continue Reading
