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
By Leeza Joseph New Delhi, July 30, 2020: The disruption the coronavirus has created in our societies means that vulnerable people, especially children, are even more likely to become victims of human trafficking, abuse and exploitation. The government put the whole 1.3 billion population of India under lockdown from theContinue Reading
By Azmathulla Shariff Bengaluru, July 29, 2020: Archbishop Peter Machado on July 29 condemned the Karnataka government removing chapters on Jesus and Prophet Mohammed among other topics from the school syllabus of the southern Indian state. In a major policy decision by the coalition government led by the pro-Hindu BharatiyaContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 29, 2020: As governments and world leaders struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, they must also work harder to protect victims of human trafficking, said the Vatican-based international network of Catholic charities. Insufficient attention “was paid on the collateral damage of the ongoing pandemic, especially on migrantsContinue Reading
Beijing, July 29, 2020: Hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated Vatican computer networks, including the Roman Catholic Church’s Hong Kong-based representative, a US firm that tracks state-backed cyberattacks said on July 29. It said the attacks began in May. The Vatican and Beijing were expected to engage inContinue Reading
Washington, July 29, 2020: An Indian nurse has been stabbed to death in the US in an alleged domestic dispute. Merin Joy, 26, who is from Kerala, was stabbed “multiple times” on July 28 outside Coral Springs hospital where she worked. Coral Springs Police Deputy Chief Brad McKeone said theContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Konchowki, July29, 2020: Trade unions have become irrelevant in post globalization era, paving way for industrialists to make unholy alliance with those in power to exploit workers, says a recent study. In India, the trade unions had sidelined the concerns of migrants for long and kept themContinue Reading
