By Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha Toronto, June 29, 2020: Here is a tribute from Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore, who was associated with Father Bob Astorino, founder editor and editor of Union of Catholic Asian News, who died on June 24 in a hospital in New York. I salute theContinue Reading
By Dhamodaran Palani Kochi, June 28, 2020: Interest and creativity are two different things, but here comes Abran, a 12-year-old boy from Kerala who uses both his passion and creativity to make face masks from his home in this stressful time. He has come up with his own designer masksContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, June 28, 2020: Fostering personal and community prayers, safeguarding and upholding social justice and taking care of creation are among the ten steps Archbishop Filippe Neri Ferrao has recommended for his people to witness their faith. The western Indian archdiocese has chosen “You are my witnesses”Continue Reading
Guwahati/Agartala, June 28, 2020: Amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases, Assam is battling at another front — the annual recurring flood, that already distressed 9.26 lakh people in 2,071 villages in 23 of the state”s 33 districts, officials said in Guwahati on June 28. According to the officials of AssamContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Chhattisgarh, June 28, 2020: It was at a SAR (South Asian Religious) News reporters’ training in New Delhi a young participant informed me, “Why don’t you also join UCAN? They are very professional. The well-edited news goes all over the world and they also pay veryContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 28, 2020: Catholic bishops in India on June 28 joined civil rights groups, activists and political leaders to decry the deaths of a father and his son in police custody in Tamil Nadu, southern India. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India “condemns most stronglyContinue Reading
Nalgonda, June 28. 2020: Covid-19 pandemic turned his life upside down. He was forced to return to his village in Nalgonda district with his wife and eight-month-old son when the lockdown imposed to check the pandemic spread forced the closure of the school and left him jobless. Satyanarayana was paidContinue Reading
Thiruvalla, June 28, 2020: A Protestant Church in Kerala has decided to continue legal battle to protect its ownership claim on the land proposed for the Sabarimala airport project. The Episcopal council of the Believers Eastern Church on June 27 decided to initiate legal action against any attempts to forciblyContinue Reading
Wayanad, June 28, 2020: Despite the coronavirus-induced lockdown, primary school teacher M K Krishnaja has been tied up in a busy schedule these days. What keeps the 26-year-old on her toes is recording videos of online classes for the tribal students in Wayanad district of Kerala, which has the largestContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, June 28, 2020: I am doing this write-up with mixed feelings like shock, worry, sadness, fear, anger, anxiety, helplessness and hopelessness. Of late we have been continuously disturbed by news about untimely deaths of migrant workers; judicial/police custodial deaths/murders of innocent people; accidental (road, train,Continue Reading
