By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: Father Prakash Tirkey, Northern Indian provincial of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), died of Covid-19 on May 7. He was 57. The death occurred at1:45 pm at St Joseph’s Hospital in Visakhapatnam, a port town in Andhra Pradesh, Vincentian Father Pravas Joseph told Matters India.Continue Reading
Ahmedabad: Police have arrested 46 people for taking out a religious procession at a village in Gandhinagar district to “eradicate coronavirus”, an official said on May 6. This is the second such incident in Gujarat in the last few of days. All COVID-19 prevention norms were allegedly violated during theContinue Reading
Washington D.C.: Catholic aid groups are mobilizing relief efforts in India, as the country is gripped by a worsening outbreak of the coronavirus. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Caritas India are on the ground in the subcontinent, and are administering aid. “In India and elsewhere, CRS and our Church partnersContinue Reading
Pope Francis said that he is praying for the people of India as they face a devastating coronavirus outbreak. In a message dated May 6 to Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, the pope expressed his “heartfelt solidarity” with the country’s 1.3 billionContinue Reading
By Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil Guwahati: When disasters take us by surprise, it is not the right time to find fault with one another. But if in the meantime those in command of the situation have gone blind and deaf, we are compelled to raise our voice lest we be destroyedContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: This title could be shocking. Is it some kind of Agatha Christie “who dunnit”? But such an event did take place about 1,000 years ago when St. Thomas Becket was murdered at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral, of which he was the archbishop, on December 29, 1170.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore: Bishop Basil Bhuriya of Jabhua, Madhya Pradesh, died May 6 due to cardiac arrest at St. Francis Hospital, Indore. He was undergoing Covid treatment. He was 65. Bishop Basil Bhuriya is the second Indian Catholic prelate to die of Covid 19. Earlier Archbishop Emeritus AntonyContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: This first May (2021) was the 400th anniversary of birth of the Ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadurji. Guruji has a very important place in the consolidation of Sikhism; he was also the one who sacrificed his life for the sake of principles. As such Sikhism, theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Old Goa: The Archdiocese of Goa and Daman has ordained 13 young men as scores of priests succumbed to Covid-19 in other parts of India. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao recently ordained the 13 deacons at the Church of the Cross of Miracles (Cruz dos Milagris) inContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai: For the past couple of weeks India is suddenly facing a big shortage of medical Oxygen supply, while the government and the ministers deny and say all is ok. A few things which will probably make things clear. Industrial and medical oxygen are produced in sameContinue Reading
