By Jeffrey Gettleman and Sameer Yasir New Delhi, Aug. 20, 2020: A father and son were hauled into a small police station in the southern Indian town of Sathankulam in June after arguing with police officers When friends and family members went to the station, they heard screams emanating fromContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 20, 2020: For the fourth time in a row, Indore has been adjudged India’s cleanest city in the government’s cleanliness survey announced on August 20. The second and third positions in the category were won by Surat and Navi Mumbai respectively. Chhattisgarh has won the cleanest stateContinue Reading
By Vallari Sanzgiri Ranchi, Aug 20, 2020: A 30-year-old woman became the 12th woman to be killed after being branded as a witch this year in Jharkhand, eastern India. Geeta Devi was attacked by her relative Munshi Mahto along withsome 15 villagers on August 17 when she reached her in-law’sContinue Reading
By Frank Fitzpatrick Philadelphia, Aug 20, 2020: When they glimpse her through the fog of approaching death, her cherubic face encased in a gleaming white habit, terminally ill patients at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, US, sometimes mistake Sister Jocelyn Edathil for an angel. They are not entirely wrong. TheContinue Reading
Frida Toppo Bishnupur, August 19, 2020: I am a native of Chhattisgarh, eastern India. I had been teaching for a couple of years before I became a religious, inspired by the works of charity and the dedication of some diocesan priests and Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Aug 19, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias has cautioned the priests of his Bombay archdiocese to not let their guard down as they have resumed pastoral activities as the administration has relaxed lockdown norms. The cardinal’s caution came in the wake of some priests succumbing toContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jalandhar, Aug 19, 2020: A Catholic television channel in the northern Indian state of Punjab has been flooded with congratulatory messages after YouTube honored it for achieving a “six-digit milestone.” “You have just done something that very few YouTube creators accomplish. You had an astonishing 100,000Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Aug 19, 2020: A webinar organized by a Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar, has called for breaking the taboo around menstruation and removing the myth and misconception related to it. “Menstruation is still a taboo in India and it is common for people across societyContinue Reading
Vatican City, Aug 19, 2020: A potential coronavirus vaccine should be made available to all, Pope Francis said at the general audience Aug. 19. “It would be sad if, for the vaccine for COVID-19, priority were to be given to the richest! It would be sad if this vaccine wereContinue Reading
Vatican City, Aug 18, 2020: Pope Francis has approved the extension of the Jubilee Year of Loreto to 2021. The decision was announced Aug. 14 by Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin, the prelate of the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto, Italy, after the recitation of the rosary on the VigilContinue Reading
