By Matters India Reporter Dhaka, Sept 12, 2020: Holy Cross Father Richard William Timm, a Magsaysay Award winner who contributed greatly to the reconstruction of newly created Bangladesh, died on September 11 in the United States. He was 97. The “Father of NGOs in Bangladesh” passed away at the HolyContinue Reading
By Stella Paul Hyderabad, Sept 12, 2020: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi warns of the danger that more than 1 million children could die, not because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but because of the economic crisis facing their families. In an exclusive interview with Inter Press Service, Satyarthi said that withoutContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Nirjuli, Sept 12, 2020: A young woman from a small town in Arunachal Pradesh has set up a roadside ‘Street Library’ with just a rack loaded with books and couple of wooden benches for readers to sit. “It is only 10 days since we set up thisContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, September 12, 2020: According to a report released by the National Statistical Office the other day, Kerala retained her illustrious sheen as the most literate among Indian states. Her literacy rate, according to the report was 96.2 percent, followed by Delhi with 89 percent. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhadravathi, September 11, 2020: The vicar general of Bhadravathi diocese in Karnataka state died of heart attack, four days after he tested negative for Covid-19. He was 54. Father Kuriakose (Shaji) Mundaplackal, a priest of Tellicherry archdiocese, was admitted in Muller Medical College Hospital Mangaluru onContinue Reading
September 11, 2020: The number of abortions in England and Wales soared in the first half of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to statistics released Sept. 10. The new figures, published by the Department of Health and Social Care Sept. 10, showed that 109,836 abortions took place between Jan.Continue Reading
Vatican City, September 11, 2020: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, tested positive for Covid-19 upon his arrival in the Philippines, the Vatican announced September 11. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Office, said Tagle tested positive for the disease when heContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, September 11, 2020: A priest from the Archdiocese of Bombay has been felicitated by the Governor of Maharashtra for his service during the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari honored Father Fitzgerald Fernandes at Raj Bhavan at the Covid Warriors Ceremony on September 11. HeContinue Reading
By Lidwin Fernandes Mysuru, September 11, 2020: An Ursuline Franciscan nun has been appointed by Mysuru District Legal Service Authority as panel advocate for free legal aid clinic. Sister Jenifer Pinto of the congregation’s of Mysuru Province will provide as a free legal advisor in the Taluk office at Mysuru,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Sept 11, 2020: Church groups in India on September 11 joined activists, academics and politicians to mourn the death of Swami Agnivesh, who is considered the country’s most renowned secular and democratic sanyasi. The once professor of Kolkata’s St Xavier’s College was 80 atContinue Reading
