Rome, July 21, 2020: The bishops of the Philippines have issued a pastoral letter accusing the government of undermining the country’s democratic institutions. The two-page letter, dated July 16, was released ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s annual State of the Nation Address and after the passage of controversial anti-terrorism legislation.Continue Reading
By Doctor Beena Madhavath UMI Mumbai, July 21, 2020: The beginning My journey with Covid 19 pandemic began in February, when I heard about the first few cases in India. Initially, I was gripped with fear and anxiety as I knew very well what had happened in China and Italy.Continue Reading
Jabalpur, July 21, 2020: The Church of North India (CNI) on July 21 took disciplinary action against its bishop Chotanagpur diocese. The action after Bishop Basil B Baskey of Chotanagpur decided to withdraw from the CNI and make the diocese autonomous. The Protestant diocese of Chotanagpur covers the eastern IndianContinue Reading
By Frida Toppo Bishnupur, July 21, 2020: I am a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, popularly known as PIME sisters, working in the Archdiocese of Imphal. I teach in Loyola School, Bishnupur. We collaborate with the Jesuits of Kohima Region. Our convents are mostly situated in remoteContinue Reading
Bhopal, July 21, 2020: A forest officer has been suspended in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh following the death of a tribal farmer. The forest ranger was accused of demanding bribe from Maniram Gond to free his tractor-trolley that was seized by the forest department more than twoContinue Reading
By Sanjana Ganesh Madurai, July 21, 2020: Fortune has finally smiled on a 17-year-old girl from the fortune tellers’ community in Tamil Nadu, southern India. G Dhevayani from the nomadic tribe has been flooded with scholarship offers after she topped her school in the 12th grade board exams. She scoredContinue Reading
By Bindu Shajan Perappadan New Delhi, July 21, 2020: A total of 104 doctors have died because of Covid-19-related complications until July 13 across India, states a paper from the president of the Indian Medical Association in Cochin. Another four deaths of doctors — three of them in road accidentsContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jul 20, 2020: The Vatican said on July 20 that in very exceptional circumstances and with special permission, lay Catholics can be allowed to perform marriage rites. In a document issued by the Holy See office for clergy, the Vatican said that could only happen if there areContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 20, 2020: Pope Francis has named Italian surgeon Giovanni Battista Doglietto as director of the Vatican health fund known as Fondo di Assistenza Sanitaria (FAS). The July 19 appointment follows the departure of the previous FAS director Stefano Loreti, who held the position since January 2017. Doglietto,Continue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata, July 20, 2020 : A pioneer educationist who brought free Don Bosco education to Kolkata’s slum children died on July 19 in a hospital in the eastern Indian city. Salesian Father Joseph Aymanathil is the first Catholic priest to die in Kolkata archdiocese and the fifth inContinue Reading
