By Frank Fitzpatrick Philadelphia, Aug 20, 2020: When they glimpse her through the fog of approaching death, her cherubic face encased in a gleaming white habit, terminally ill patients at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, US, sometimes mistake Sister Jocelyn Edathil for an angel. They are not entirely wrong. TheContinue Reading
Frida Toppo Bishnupur, August 19, 2020: I am a native of Chhattisgarh, eastern India. I had been teaching for a couple of years before I became a religious, inspired by the works of charity and the dedication of some diocesan priests and Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 19, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias has cautioned the priests of his Bombay archdiocese to not let their guard down as they have resumed pastoral activities as the administration has relaxed lockdown norms. The cardinal’s caution came in the wake of some priests succumbing toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, Aug 19, 2020: A Catholic television channel in the northern Indian state of Punjab has been flooded with congratulatory messages after YouTube honored it for achieving a “six-digit milestone.” “You have just done something that very few YouTube creators accomplish. You had an astonishing 100,000Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Aug 19, 2020: A webinar organized by a Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar, has called for breaking the taboo around menstruation and removing the myth and misconception related to it. “Menstruation is still a taboo in India and it is common for people across societyContinue Reading
Vatican City, Aug 19, 2020: A potential coronavirus vaccine should be made available to all, Pope Francis said at the general audience Aug. 19. “It would be sad if, for the vaccine for COVID-19, priority were to be given to the richest! It would be sad if this vaccine wereContinue Reading
Vatican City, Aug 18, 2020: Pope Francis has approved the extension of the Jubilee Year of Loreto to 2021. The decision was announced Aug. 14 by Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin, the prelate of the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto, Italy, after the recitation of the rosary on the VigilContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, Aug 19, 2020: As the number of coronavirus cases spike in the country, St. John’s Medical College, has now a special unit for treating Covid-19 patients. Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore on August 17 blessed and inaugurated the newly constructed and fully-equipped center that functionsContinue Reading
Jaipur, Aug. 19, 2020: As heavy rain washed away low-lying shanties and submerged cars in Jaipur August 14, the staff at the historic Albert Hall museum was busy in a different rescue operation. As water started filling the museum, housekeeping officials and guards hopped the stairs to the museum’s basementContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 19, 2020: Archbishop Felix Machado of Vasai, secretary general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, has urged Catholics to stand with the poor who are considered “useless objects” by the modern economic system. The poor have become ‘insignificant,’ a non-person, without anyContinue Reading
