By Winnu Das & Anita Cheria Kuravilangad, July 31, 2020: The year 2020 has been marked by the most drastic changes in human lives and livelihood situations that our generation has seen globally. As August approaches discussions are rampant on social media and news channels about how people have respondedContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 31, 2020: Christians in Pakistan can now connect even more deeply to their faith as the Church has redesigned an old radio service to launch a news program – the first of its kind in the country. The newly-unveiled Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) Urdu service was launchedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Agartala, July 31, 2020: The first priest from the Bengali community in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura was ordained on July 30. Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala ordained Deacon Sekhar Robin Das for the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, commonly referred toContinue Reading
By Frida Toppo Bishnupur, July 31, 2020: The Covid pandemic has affected everyone. All seem to be on the same page, at least in terms of a global health emergency. Since March 25, India has been under lockdown. In the beginning I felt relaxed since I had more time forContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 31, 2020: Jesuit Father Francis Gonsalves takes over as the new president of Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV), a pontifical institute in Pune, western India, on July 31, the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Appointed by Rome-based JesuitContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, July 20, 2020: India’s first five Rafale fighters touched down in Ambala, Haryana, on July 29. They flew 7,000 km from France, where they were manufactured. The nation went gung-ho, or was supposed to pretend so. As the ‘game changing’ fighters landed, the defence ministerContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, July 30, 2020: Sister Elsita Mathew, superior general of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, died suddenly on July 30 in Patna, Bihar. She was 70. The death occurred at 11:35 am in the congregation’s headquarters in Kurji, a Patna suburb, according to Sister Manjula,Continue Reading
New Delhi, July 30, 2020: As many as 89 percent of NGOs surveyed for a study have said that trafficking of both adults and children for labor will be “one of the biggest threats” in the post-lockdown period as household incomes of the most vulnerable deplete. The study, conducted byContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter San Antonio, Texas, July 30, 2020 : Salesian Sisters the world over are now dealing with COVID-19. Some of their own blood families have gotten sick and Salesian Sisters all over the world, including in San Antonio Texas are fighting the virus. As of 2016, Salesian SistersContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 30, 2020: The number of victims of trafficking has gone up during the coronavirus pandemic, says a joint statement issued by two Christian organization on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons that falls on July 30. Caritas Internationalis and Christian Organisation Against TraffickingContinue Reading
