By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, June 17, 2020: Gloom has descended on a village in Odisha’s Kandhamal district after news spread that one of its young men had died in the violent face off between Indian and Chinese troops. Chandrakanta Pradhan, a Catholic, was among the 20 Indian soldiers killed onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, June 17, 2020: The Mumbai-based Association of Concerned Catholics has expressed anguish at the alleged refusal of Catholic priests to perform funeral rites for Covid-19 victims. “It is very sad that priests refuse to conduct funerals despite the fact burying the dead is one ofContinue Reading
Karachi, June 17, 2020: Church authorities have voiced their disapproval with Pakistan’s Sindh government over the publication of a job advertisement considered to be discriminatory towards minorities. The state-run Municipal Corporation (West) Karachi, on June 1, announced 28 job vacancies of different categories in local newspapers. However, it reserved sanitaryContinue Reading
Kochi, June 17. 2020: The Roman Catholic church recommends continuing the pious practice of burying the dead but an archdiocese in Kerala has allowed the parishes facing shortage of land to cremate the deceased infected by coronavirus. In a circular issued to parishes under it, Thrissur archdiocese of the Syro-MalabarContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, June 17, 2020: Father Ajaya Sabhasundar says God’s blessings have helped him serve the Church and people in Odisha as a priest for the past 25 years. “Our people need to grow in Catholic faith and tradition. My aim has been to show them the richnessContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, June 17, 2020: The unprecedented spread of coronavirus in India should have increased sensitivity and concern for each other. But the opposite is happening such as objecting the burial of dead bodies of Covid-19 victims, leaving dead bodies unattended by family members, and ostracizing persons inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: More than 50 activists have condemned the Delhi police holding a renowned civil rights defender as responsible for the recent communal riots in the national capital. In a solidarity statement, the activists accused the federal government of selectively targeting Harsh ManderContinue Reading
Baltimore, June 16, 2020: Steve Hanke, a top professor of the Johns Hopkins University and a renowned economist, has come out in the open and criticized the Covid-19 numbers put out by the Indian government. The Indian government has been releasing numbers on a day to day basis. The HealthContinue Reading
Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, June 16, 2020: I was shocked to see a tomato plant in our backyard garden broken with its tender stem touching the ground in the heavy rain the previous night. I had given the plant so much of my time and care to help the plant withstandContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, June 16, 2020: Burglars struck twice a Syro Malabar church in Delhi during the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. “This is the second time since the lockdown began that miscreants entered the church and took away the valuables,” Father Nobi Kalachira,Continue Reading
