By Lisa Choegyal Kathmandu, Sept 21, 2020: We stood uneasily on the grass beneath the spreading fig tree. Father Moran was trying to create a sense of religious formality, our excited guests were in danger of being rowdy, and I was missing the church font usually associated with christenings fromContinue Reading
Kaduna, September 21, 2020: A surge in violence has left Christians paralyzed by fear and unable to go about their normal lives, says priest in the African nation. Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Father Sam Ebute of Kangoro said Christians were constantly worried aboutContinue Reading
By Dipali Banka Kolkata, Sept 21, 2020: A 17-year-old boy, Divesh Goyal, of Don Bosco Park Circus, Kolkata has been walking around with a placard in Girish Park and Vivekananda Road crossing in shorts that says “I wasn’t touched or followed shorts aren’t the problem” and uses the hashtag #WhatIfItsYourBrother.Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, September 21, 2020 – First community radio of the hills is set to train three radio journalists for Lepcha Development Board to air weekly programs in Lepcha language on Radio Salesian 90.8 FM – The Voice of the Hills. The weekly programs will also be availableContinue Reading
Bhiwandi, Sept 21, 2020: Ten people were killed and at least 25 feared trapped on September 21 after a three-story building collapsed in Bhiwandi near Mumbai. The officers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued 31 people from the rubble in Patel Compound area. A child was among theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai, Sept 20, 2020: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) wants Churches in the region to create more communities that care for people suffering from dementia. The ecumenical body made the call on the eve of the ‘World Alzheimer’s Day’ that falls on September 21.Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, Sept 20, 2020: The Church in Odisha has organized a webinar to help its people to share their concern, hopes and aspiration in a world beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Priests, nuns and lay people attended the September 19 webinar on “Covid-19 and Beyond: A Christian Reflection.”Continue Reading
By Michael Ani Jalandhar, Sept 20, 2020: The Green Revolution of the 1970s had enabled the state of Punjab along with Haryana to produce the maximum food grains for the entire nation. The successive governments contributed much to build up the infrastructure for a well-organized Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC)Continue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 20, 2020: The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on September 20 passed two farm bills amid a ruckus from opposition members and protests from farmers. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, part of the broader farm liberalization plan, could not be taken up and theContinue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome, Sep 20, 2020: After nearly 10 years of war, the Syrian people have now been hit with a “poverty bomb” amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Vatican diplomat said. Cardinal Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio to Syria since 2008, said that many Syrians had died in the country’sContinue Reading
