By Matters India Reporter Phulbani, August 11, 2020: A 12-day community prayer was launched in many parts of India August 11 to remind Christians and others the anti-Christian violence in the Kandhamal district of Odisha, eastern India. August 23 marks the 12th anniversary of the unprecedented Christian persecution in Kandhamal.Continue Reading
County Durham, Aug 11, 2020: A Church of England vicar has tapped in to her Chinese cultural heritage and is using chopsticks to give bread to parishioners during Holy Communion. The Rev Eileen Harrop took the unusual approach to the challenge faced by clergy who are reopening churches for publicContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, Aug 10, 2020: The social service center of Bagdogra diocese in West Bengal has been engaged on creating awareness on Covid-19 in Siliguri Sub-division ever since the India went into a lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic. “Our focus has been on educating villagers andContinue Reading
By Sr Shini Melukunnel Jharsuguda, Aug 10, 2020: We are amid a worldwide pandemic caused by the spread of a novel coronavirus. The fear and anxiety about the virulent spread of the Covid-19 disease have been a matter of great concern for all — indeed, an extremely shattering phenomenon. OurContinue Reading
Mumbai, August 10, 2020: On a day when Mumbai was battling torrential rain, the highest in four decades, Kanta Murti Kalan stood for hours near an open manhole, on a waterlogged road, in Matunga. The 50-year-old woman was alerting people so that no one falls into the manhole. She wasContinue Reading
By Venzy Viegas Kolkata, Augt 10, 2020: Stella Maris-India (Apostleship of the Sea) has launched its Website and social media services for seafarers. The new Website — https://www.aosindiastellamaris.com — is aligned with a video message of Pope Francis containing his prayer intention released for August. The Pope invited prayers forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Aug 10, 2020: A webinar organized by a Jesuit a college and tribal organization in Patna, Bihar, has urged young people of India’s indigenous communities to seek an entrepreneurial career. “It is better to be a job creator than being an employment seeker,” Patrick Barla,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 10, 2020: India’s leading philanthropists have come together to introduce a collaborative to ensure safety, security, and mobility for vulnerable migrant families across the country. The Migrants Resilience Collaborative (MRC) aims to reach out to more than 10 million migrant workers and their familiesContinue Reading
By Victor Edwin New Delhi, Aug 10, 2020: The Delhi-based Jesuit-managed Vidyajyoti College of Theology on August 10 opened its new academic session urging its students to seek answers to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and brute majoritarianism of the ruling elite. Archbishop Anil J T Couto ofContinue Reading
By Shalini Lobo Kozhikode, Aug 9, 2020: A church in Kerala’s Kozhikode district has been turned into a temporary relief camp after hundreds of people, mostly tribals, sought refuge there following a landslide in the hills of Kakkayam. The August 7 landslide destroyed a portion of the road, the onlyContinue Reading
