The 15th meeting of the G20 was held November 21-22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The group meets annually at this international forum for global economic cooperation. Due to the pandemic, it was held virtually. As Jennifer Bell states, the meeting took place “in the midst of the worst economic downturnContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman on November 26 opened the Biblical Year of the Pauline Family in the western Indian state. The Pauline Family members and the Diocesan Centre for Biblical Apostolate launched the year with the theme “That the Word ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Jesuit social activist Father Stan Swamy will have to wait until December 4 for a straw and a sipper cup he needs as a patient of Parkinson’s disease. The National Investigation Agency or the NIA on November 26 told a special court in Mumbai thatContinue Reading
Mexico City: Pope Francis has recalled Diego Armando Maradona in prayer following the Argentine soccer champion’s death at the age of 60. Maradona died November 25 at his home in Tigre, Argentina, from suspected chronic heart failure. The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said November 25Continue Reading
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Christian Forum has alleged a large-scale attack on the Tribal Christian community in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. According to forum president Arun Pannalal, the anti-Christian violence broke out at around 2 am on November 25 in Sindhwaram, a village under the Gajiraj police station in theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Thousands of farmers on November 26 flung barricades into a river, threw bricks at cops and physically pushed vehicles as they were stopped by Haryana on their way to a protest march in Delhi. After a two-hour clash on a bridge in which teargas and water cannons wereContinue Reading
London, November 25, 2020: Priests are warned against making ‘disparaging remarks’ on social media in a new safeguarding document drawn up by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. The guidelines, Pastoral Standards and Safe Practices in the Conduct of Ministry, sent to every bishop, secular and religious priest andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwzhati: The Assam Christian Forum on behalf of the Christian community in the northeastern Indian state on November 26 paid their respect and tribute to Tarun Gogoi, the former Chief Minister of Assam. Gogoi died November 25 in a hospital in Guwahati, Assam’s commercial capital. TheContinue Reading
Buenos Aires: Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced Nov. 25. Renowned along with Brazil’s Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Argentine World Cup winning captain died of a heart attack, having undergone brain surgery earlier thisContinue Reading
Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau died Nov. 24 at his residence in Huesca in northeastern Spain. He was 104 years old. After the death in June of 104-year-old Chilean Bishop Bernardino Piñera from pneumonia due to COVID-19, Iguacén was the oldest living Catholic bishop in the world. Iguacén’s last public appearanceContinue Reading
