By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Aug 9, 2020: Three significant observances mark August 9 every year: the anniversary of the ‘Quit India Movement,’ the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Though each of these observances have their own specificity, thereContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, August 9, 2020: A Catholic bishop in Arunachal Pradesh on August 9 appealed young people in the northeastern Indian state to give up drug addiction and help create a better society and Church. “Our youth in most parts of the northeastern region, need to rise aboveContinue Reading
Vatican City, Aug. 9, 2020: Following an explosion that killed more than 150 people in Beirut, international Catholic groups have responded by providing health services and necessities to the victims. At least sixteen Catholic organizations, including Catholic Relief Services and Caritas International, have responded to the Aug. 4 explosion atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, August 9, 2020: Activists working among tribal communities in India on August 9 joined their counterparts around the world to observe the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The Indians marked the occasion with a series of virtual talks and discussions from AugustContinue Reading
Virginia, Aug 9, 2020: The head of a large Christian university in the US has taken an indefinite leave of absence after being asked to by its board of trustees. On August 7, Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, announced that the leave of absence of its president and chancellor JerryContinue Reading
San Salvador, Aug 9, 2020: A Catholic priest has been shot to death along a road in El Salvador and church authorities on August 8 called for investigation of the slaying. The church celebrated a Mass on August 8 for Father Ricardo Antonio Cortez, who was rector at the seminaryContinue Reading
Sikar. Aug 9, 2020: A 52-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was beaten up after he refused to chant “Modi zindabad” and “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) in Rajasthan’s Sikar, the police said August 8. The two men who attacked him also pulled his beard and asked him to “go to Pakistan.”Continue Reading
Seoul, Aug 8, 2020: A South Korean pastor who was thought to be responsible for the largest outbreak of Covid-19 in the country has been arrested. Lee Man-hee, 88, of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, is accused of withholding the information of church members from contract tracers, after 5,000 ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Aug 8, 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic has seriously affected people’s mental health requiring medical and psychological help, says a Catholic priest engaged in counseling. “The psychological impact of Covid-19 has begun to show now after the physical side effects such as deaths,” says Pandemic impactContinue Reading
By Carol Glatz Vatican City, Aug. 8, 2020: In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social and environmental crises worldwide, Pope Francis announced he would begin a new series of general audience talks aimed at helping build “the future that we need.” “In the next few weeks, I inviteContinue Reading
