New Delhi, Aug 23, 2020: Bloomsbury India has withdrawn the publication of a book on the 2020 Delhi riots following online uproar. “In view of very recent events including a virtual pre-publication launch organized without our knowledge by the authors, with participation by parties of whom the publishers would notContinue Reading
By Percival Holt Faridabad, August 23, 2020: The National Youth Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India has decided to address the mental wellbeing of young people amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In these times of uncertainty, the commission is committed to paying attention to the psychological and mentalContinue Reading
By Vallari Sanzgiri Chennai, Aug 23, 2020: The past few months have been peppered with news articles regarding the public transport sector’s help in providing emergency rides during the lockdown period. Auto drivers, especially women, in metropolitan cities such as Thane and Chennai, have been hailed for joining essential-service-workers andContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 23, 2020: A young Dr Ashley Franclin, mother of a two-year-old child, is among the first batch of experts being trained as part of the recently formed ‘Covid Brigade’ to help Kerala tackle an anticipated coronavirus surge from next month, when, according to officials, up to 10,000 freshContinue Reading
By Biju Veticad Kochi, Aug 23, 2020: The Syro-Malabar Church ended its 28th synod calling upon its people to help the nation increase its productivity and encourage agricultural and industrial activities. As many as 61 bishops from around the world attended the August 19-21 synod held through videoconference because ofContinue Reading
Washington D.C., Aug 22, 2020: A rose named for the late Pope St. John Paul II has been included in a renovation of the White House Rose Garden. The Pope John Paul II rose, a white tea rose cultivar, is included in a redesign of the Rose Garden overseen byContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 22, 2020: A forum for Catholic nuns, brothers and priests practicing as lawyers says time has come for the self-examination of the Supreme Court of India. “It is the right time for the Apex Court for its self-examination,” the National Lawyers Forum ofContinue Reading
Manila, August 22, 2020: Government officials at the helm of coronavirus response efforts have appealed to churches and spiritual leaders in the country to provide counsel and guidance to their followers to ease their anxiety and help save them from “self-destruction” during the pandemic. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, a memberContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, August 22, 2020: A consortium of civil society groups in India has called for support to a two-week program to remember the victims and survivors of anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal, Odisha, 12 years ago. “Barely eight days after the celebration of Independence Day, India witnessed theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, August 22, 2020: The Roman Catholic Church’s medical college and hospital in Ranchi is at the frontline to serve coronavirus patients. The Constant Lievens Hospital and Research Centre (CLHRC) at Mandar, 30 km south of Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, hasContinue Reading
