New Delhi, Sept 8, 2020: Schools across India have now been closed for six months due to Covid-19, but this means vastly different things for different people. For the child in urban Himachal Pradesh, where Internet penetration is higher than 70 percent it likely means online schooling, Zoom classes andContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Sept 8, 2020: A parish in Goa has organized card making competition on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s birthday to make them aware of their mothers’ sacrifices for them. “We wanted the children to appreciate their mothers, who are bringing them up in faith, nurturing them physically,Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Sept 8, 2020: For everyone the Feast of the Nativity of Mother Mary is very important. Due to Covid-19 this year, people are forced to practice their devotions at home. In Martha Mariam Church at Kuravilangad, a first century church, 80 Catholics were allowed to participateContinue Reading
By Asad Hashim Islamabad, Sept 8, 2020: A court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has sentenced a Christian man to death for having committed “blasphemy,” his lawyer says, in the latest case of Pakistan’s strict religious laws being applied against minorities. Asif Pervaiz, 37, has been in custodyContinue Reading
Pempa, Sept 8, 2020: Two Catholic nuns, kidnapped by an Islamic group in Mozambique, have been freed, a Catholic bishop has announced. Sisters Inês and Eliane are “safe and fine,” says a September 6 message from Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa of Pemba. The two members of the Congregation of StContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 8, 2020: The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) says the freedom of press faces external threats from the state and its storm troopers and from the owners of private media within. This was highlighted in a PUCL report on how the news media has functioned inContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 8, 2020: A member of India’s parliament has criticized Pope Francis for comparing gossiping with coronavirus. “I’m not sure about this, Your Holiness… Sometimes it seems like Covid might be a tad bit worse…” tweeted Varun Gandhi, a member of the Lok Saha (peolple’s house), the lowerContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kuravilangad, Sept 8, 2020: A mosaic of the world’s first Marian apparition will be enshrined at the Church of Annunciation in Israel’s Nazareth city on September 8, the feast of Nativity. The mosaic is done with a backdrop of Marth Mariam (St Mary’s) Major Archiepiscopal ChurchContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 7, 2020: Apostolic Nuncio to Japan Archbishop Joseph Chennoth, an Indian, died September 7 in Tokyo following a heart attack. He was 76. The death occurred at 1:30 pm Japan time (8 am Indian time). The Syro-Malabar prelate from Kerala, southern India, wasContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 7, 2020: India has surpassed Brazil to become the second worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic in the world. A record daily spike of 90,802 cases has taken the country’s tally past 4.2 million, Health Ministry data showed September 7. This is the second consecutive day that theContinue Reading
