By Joanna Slater and Niha Masih New Delhi, August 25, 2020: When Ahmed Ali arrived in India earlier this year, he was looking forward to a month of religious study with a little souvenir shopping on the side. His trip did not go as planned. Instead, Ali — a pharmacyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26, 2020: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, has come to the aid of the Jacobite faction of the Syrian Orthodox Church that has lost its places of worship in a legal battle. “With great joy, we are offering you the Syro-MalankaraContinue Reading
By Saju Chackalackal Book Name: A Pillar and Guiding Light: Kuriakose Elias Chavara, a theologian of the Church (Theological Studies on Saint Chavara 4) Author: Sophy Rose CMC, Publications: Chavara Central Secretariat and Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications Pages 2020 Price: 160 rupees (US$ 15) For free download: http://chavaralibrary.in/Public/Theologies.aspx Kochi, Aug 26,Continue Reading
Guwahati, Aug 26, 2020: A small state in India’s troubled northeast has managed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic much better than some larger states with more resources. Mizoram is tucked away between Myanmar and Bangladesh, about 1,500 miles from New Delhi. It registered its first case on March 24—the dayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mahabaleshwar, Aug 24, 2020: A 106-year-old dilapidated hospital has become a state-of-the-art healthcare facility in Maharashtra, thanks to a Catholic priest. Giving a new lease of life to the Morarji Gokaldas Rural Hospital in Mahabaleshwar is among several success stories of Father Tomy Kariyilakulam, who hasContinue Reading
London, Aug 24, 2020: A lost medieval sacristy used by 13th-century monks has been uncovered in the grounds of Westminster Abbey in London along with the bones of hundreds, if not thousands, of buried bodies. Archaeologist Chris Mayo has led a team working on one of the abbey’s biggest archaeologicalContinue Reading
Raigad, Aug 24, 2020: At least 15 people were injured and around 70 feared trapped under debris after a residential building collapsed on August 24 in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. The five-story building reportedly had 45 flats. Raigad is some 120 km south of Mumbai. Three rescue teams, armed with specializedContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, Aug 24, 2020: A Catholic nun, who pioneered a credit society that helped change the destiny of thousands of women in Mumbai, has died of Covid-19. Sister Shakuntala, a member of Society of the Helpers of Mary for 51 years, died on August 23 atContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 24, 2020: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan on August 24 refused to offer an apology to the Supreme Court for his two tweets against the judiciary saying what he expressed represented his bona fide belief which he continues to hold. An insincere apology would amount to the contempt ofContinue Reading
Varanasi, Aug 24, 2020: A 21-year-old Covid patient has died after jumping out of the fourth floor of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi. This was hours before he made a similar attempt to kill himself on August 23. At that time other patients intervened to prevent him from jumpingContinue Reading
