By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The archdiocese of Goa-Daman plans to open one of its spiritual renewal centers for people who require self-quarantine during this coronavirus pandemic time. Father Savio Fernandes, assistant director Caritas-Goa, says they have sent five nurses to undergo training in Heathway Hospital to take charge ofContinue Reading
By Soumya Muttappillil Changanacherry: A team of youngsters in Kerala has taken up a unique mission: Bury Covid victims. Arun Joseph Nedumparambil, one of the team members, narrates how it all began with a telephone call last year. “My 23-year-old son has died. Will you come and help in buryingContinue Reading
Amnesty International organized a vigil in Porto on May 6 evening to “illuminate the darkness seen in India today” and that “silences dissent and the repression of human rights defenders”. Instead of people, the vigil featured a candle for each of the nearly 1,000 people who signed an online petitionContinue Reading
New Delhi: A bishop in India has said that failure to put in place proper Covid-19 restrictions caused the current crisis – which has seen new cases exceeding 300,000 daily. Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that lax Covid-19 safety earlier this yearContinue Reading
Rome Newsroom: The sainthood cause opened this week of Fr. Rhoel Gallardo, who died on May 3, 2000, after being held for 43 days by Islamists. The Claretian missionary was killed at the age of 34, just six years after his ordination as a priest and 11 years after makingContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena India is leading the world in the number of coronavirus infections. On May 2, Reuters reported that India’s new daily COVID-19 cases passed 400,000 for the first time, as the second wave worsened. Reuters reported May 6 with information from India’s Health Ministry that a “record 412,262Continue Reading
Washington: A prominent group of Indian-American doctors on May 7 urged the US government to release at least 30 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses to India to help meet its “acute and severe” shortage in the country, which is experiencing one of the worst outbreaks of COVID-19 in the world. TheContinue Reading
By Tomy Manjaly I am Father Tomy Manjaly, the youngest in a family of seven children. I have five brothers and one sister. My sister is a nun who has been ministering to the seniors and the mentally challenged people in Bethlehem, Israel, for the past 31 years. I wasContinue Reading
The translation of the Bible to be used in the new edition of the lectionary for Mass in England and Wales is being amended to use gender-inclusive language where contextually appropriate, The Tablet can reveal. For 18 months, the Department of Christian Life and Worship of the Bishops’ Conference ofContinue Reading
India’s COVID-19 infections have surged past 20 million, nearly doubling in the past four months – marking the biggest increase in COVID-19 infections globally. The country of nearly 1.4 billion people has a staggering 3.45 million active cases, although experts warn that actual numbers could be five to ten timesContinue Reading
