Rome, July 5, 2020: Pope Francis is praising U.N. Security Council efforts for worldwide cease-fires to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. In remarks July 5 to the public in St. Peter’s Square, Francis hailed the Security Council’s “request for a global and immediate cease-fire, which would permit the peace andContinue Reading
Guwahati, July 5, 2020: With two more fresh deaths on July 4, the toll in the ongoing current wave of Assam floods has increased to 37. The situation, however, has largely improved in seven districts even as 11 lakh people in 18 of the state’s 33 districts have been affected,Continue Reading
By Felix Anthony Dibrugarh, July 5, 2020: A mission hospital in Assam’s Dibrugarh town was sealed after 12 Catholic nuns, including a doctor, was tested Covid-19 positive. The nuns and a domestic support working in the St. Vincenza Gerosa (VG) Hospital were on July 4 found to be infected withContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, July 5, 2020: Universal Solidarity Movement (USM) in Indore on July 5 conducted a webinar for the parents of Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, Gwalior in two sessions. As many as 325 parents attended the program in the morning session and 385 in the evening. USMContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, July 5, 2020: It’s 4:26 pm. I am at my appointed station in the cold environs of the ICU I work in. Right over my head is the AC blower. It almost draws a parallel between my not-so-comfortable situation and that of a dressed broilerContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Melakavanoor, July 5, 2020: Madurai archdiocese and Sivagangai diocese in Tamil Nadu, southern India, have mourned the death of a catechist who served the church for 51 years. Brother Santiago, as fondly he was called, who was from Melakavanoor village and parish, Ramnad district, passed awayContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 5, 2020: Australian-born Jesuit Father Paul Jackson, who promoted Christian dialogue with Muslims in South Asia died on July 5 in Patna, capital of the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Father Jackson died at 6:45 pm in the Holy Family Hospital at Kurji, aContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 5, 2020: The Syro-Malabar diocese of Faridabad has announced that it would resume services in all churches from July 12 “Almost four months of dormant spiritual and pastoral activities in the churches due to Covid-19 the diocese of Faridabad-Delhi has come up with aContinue Reading
New Delhi, Jul 4, 2020: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on July 4 said the women in the northeast are taking the lead in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and helping the region emerge as a model for COVID-19 management. Interacting with various self-help groups associated with the North EasternContinue Reading
London, July 4, 2020: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 34 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to arson following a fire at a shopping center in Leicester in eastern England last year. Parvinder Singh, 28, was jailed this week after he admitted “arson being reckless as to whether lifeContinue Reading
