By: Matters India Reporter Kozhikode, July 26, 2020: Police in Kerala have registered a case against Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of Thamarassery for breaking coronavirus restrictions. The Syro-Malabar prelate is among 40 people charged by the police for participating in a protest at the Forest Range Office in Thamarassery, near Kozhikode,Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, July 25, 2020: John Lewis is no more and the world will miss him! When he died on July 17, he left a great void which will never be filled! He was one of a kind who roamed this earth, impacted on the livesContinue Reading
Dr George Jacob Kochi, July 25, 2020: The world has been at the mercy of SARS CoV-2 since late December 2019. Originating in the wet markets of China’s Wuhan through an inter-species transfer from bat to man, the virus managed to escape from its cage and become at its destructiveContinue Reading
Carfin, July 25, 2020: A church in Scotland has installed a contactless holy water dispenser in a bid to keep its congregation safe from the spread of Covid-19. St Francis Xavier in Carfin, just outside Motherwell, has reintroduced the Catholic practice of blessing by holy water four months after itContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, July 25, 2020: An Asian cardinal, who has consistently defended freedom of religions, has decried Turkish President’s decision to convert a revered icon of Christianity into a mosque. “It merely reopens wounds and exacerbates divides at a time when we should be healing humanity,” CardinalContinue Reading
Patna, July 25, 2020: Floods in Bihar claimed at least 18 lives and affected nearly 1 million people until July 24 in the northern parts of the eastern Indian state. Heavy rainfalls caused the rivers to swell, leading to breach in embankments at more than one place. The state governmentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thane, July 25, 2020: The Order of Preachers, or Dominicans, on July 25 lost its first member in India to Covid-19. “With deep regret I inform you that Father Simplicious (Khess) had a massive heart attack a short while ago. All attempts to resuscitate him haveContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, July 25, 2020: The sudden announcement of a nationwide lockdown on March 25 hit millions of most vulnerable people, especially migrant workers who survive only by moving. While most state governments showed apathy to the migrants’ suffering Kerala in southern India became a model of handlingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 25, 2020: Raped-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar on July 25 approached the Supreme Court to get his case dismissed, claiming his innocence. The plea filed by Mulakkal claims that he was implicated after enquiring financial dealings of the victim nun. Seeking anContinue Reading
Kochi, July 24, 2020: Anujith, the 27-year-old man from Kerala, who had once saved the lives of hundreds of people by averting a rail accident, died in a bike accident on July 14. Even after his death, Anujith has displayed his heroics by pledging his organs for others. According toContinue Reading
