By Matters India Reporter Dibrugarh, July 22, 2020: Another senior nun has died of Covid-19 in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Sister Florence Kurisinkal died at 11.30 am on July 21 at Guwahati Medical College (Covid Hospital). She was 73. Sister Kurisinkal belongs to the North East India provinceContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, July 22, 2020: The virus-SARS-CoV-2 has been on the prowl from December 2019. It has devastated humanity through sickness and death in pandemical proportions. I live and work as a healthcare provider in the southern Indian state of Kerala, which was once thought to haveContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, July 22, 2020: A Hyderabad-based Montfort center for human rights has launched a livelihood program for those who have lost their livelihoods because of Covid-19. The first group to benefit from Montfort Social Institute (MSI) project, launched on July 21, is transgenders who lost theirContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 21, 2020: The Vatican on July 20 reminded its priests they should not be charging fixed prices for celebrating weddings and funerals, and that such ceremonies could be performed by lay people where necessary. While many Roman Catholic churches ask for donations for masses, others have specificContinue Reading
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
