Seoul, June 30, 2020: The religious community in South Korea is on alert over the possible further spread of the novel coronavirus as churches and Buddhist temples have emerged as new infection clusters in the country, it was reported on Tuesday. As of Tuesday, COVID-19 cases traced to a majorContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 29, 2020: Several Christian groups in India have demanded an independent probe into the death of a father and his son in police custody in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. While the All India Catholic Union (AICU) seeks the probe by aContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, June 29, 2020 — In the wake of Myanmar’s Union Election Commission (UEC) announcement to hold the 2020 general election in November, the country’s Bishops’ Conference appealed to militant outfits to dialogue and peace talks. “The coming elections are a great opportunity to invest in democracy,”Continue Reading
New Delhi, June 29, 2020: Members of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church in Kerala have approached the Supreme Court for permission to intervene in the Sabarimala review case before a Constitution Bench. The nine-judge Bench is poised to decide “larger questions” of what constitutes religious freedom under Article 25 ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Nagavalli, June 29, 2020: Catholics of a parish under the diocese of Mysore on June 29 held a demonstration to protest the “punishment” transfer given to their priest for complaining to Rome about the local bishop. Father Gnana Prakash, pastor of the Sacred Heart Church inContinue Reading
Dhaka, June 29, 2020: While hand washing and social distancing have been implemented around the globe as tools to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, refugees face challenges in putting these recommendations into practice, said one relief agency worker. Inmanuel Chayan, a communications officer for Caritas Bangladesh, warned thatContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 29, 2020: Tribal artisans will soon be able to sell their products at the click of a mouse with the government gearing up to launch a specialised e-marketplace for them this Independence Day. “We will launch the website—Tribes India e-Mart—on Independence Day on August 15. It willContinue Reading
Aishwarya Kumar Meerut, June 29, 2020: Unprotected and poorly paid, an all-women army of health workers confront suspicion, anger and the threat of infection as they go door to door searching for coronavirus sufferers in India’s poor communities. About a million accredited social health activists, or ASHAs, are deployed inContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi SJ, Konchowki, June 29, 2020: Nandan Ghatwar says he will never leave his village if he gets work with a daily of 600 rupees for 200 days in a year. The 29-year-old resident of Bandiguri Tea Garden, under Barapatia Gram Panchayat of Jalpaiguri district in West BengalContinue Reading
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
