Kochi, Aug 2, 20202: Father Babu Panattuparambil of the Archdiocese of Thrissur has been appointed the rector of Santa Anastasia Minor Basilica in Rome and the chaplain of the Syro-Malabar Catholics living within the territories of the Diocese of Rome. The 57-year-old priest will take charge of the new ministryContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 2, 2020: While India continues to reel under Covid-19, a number of places that were once seen as the gold standard for pandemic responses are now also seeing surges in cases, as the coronavirus continues to spread around the world unabated. Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state on JulyContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 1, 2020: Various Hindutva organizations under RSS are making grand preparations for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. They consider it liberation from mental and cultural slavery. A senior RSS functionary Dattatreya Hosabale said, “Ram Janmabhoomi movement was not just about religion but aboutContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 1, 2020: A Catholic laity forum in India has urged the papal representative in the country to set up a seven-member committee to probe various allegations against Bishop K A William of Mysore. The committee members “should be mandated to make public theirContinue Reading
By Fr Victor Ferrao Rachol (Goa), Aug 1, 2020: The federal government on July 29 announced the New Education Policy to promote education among people of India. The policy covers elementary education to colleges in both rural and urban India. This is the third national policy on education. The firstContinue Reading
Faisalabad, July 31, 2020: A Christian mother in Pakistan has achieved a significant breakthrough in her struggle to win back her abducted 14-year-old daughter amid reports that she was being groomed to enter the sex industry. Hearings have been scheduled for August first week at Lahore High Court in theContinue Reading
London, July 31, 2020: A leading UK organization which advocates for generous charitable giving has said that churches have seen a dramatic drop in their income as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Stewardship said that churches who are without an adequate online giving platform have been worse affected, asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ferozepur, July 31, 2020: A pastor was found dead in the Ferozepur district of Punjab state in northern India. The body of Pastor Balwinder Bagicha Bhatti was discovered by some people by the roadside in Zira Tehsil July 27, reports Persecution Relief, an ecumenical group monitoringContinue Reading
Pantabangan, July 31, 2020: A 300-year-old town that was submerged to build a dam in the 1970s was visible again this week after drought caused the water to recede. The once-bustling Old Pantabangan town in Nueva Ecija province, the Philippines, was sunken and not seen for almost half-a-century. However, aContinue Reading
Amaravati, July 31, 2020: At least 10 people died after allegedly consuming sanitizer as an alternative to liquor in a village under Covid-19 lockdown in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, the police said July 31. The victims of Kurichedu village had been drinking sanitizer for the past few days, mixingContinue Reading
