New Delhi, May 15, 2020: At least 84 percent Indian households saw their incomes fall in April under the world’s strictest shelter-at-home rules, and many won’t survive much longer without assistance, a study shows. The Chicago Booth’s Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation analyzed data from the Center for MonitoringContinue Reading
Kolkata, May 15, 2020: Only 100 of the 2,000-odd students of a church-run school in central Calcutta have paid the first quarter fees. The unusual number shows how “difficult” the financial situation is for parents, the school authorities have said. The problem is not limited to one institution — schoolsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 15, 2020: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has responded to Pope Francis’ call to all religions to pray, fast and to perform works of charity to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. The conference’s Office for Dialogue and Desk for Ecumenism on MayContinue Reading
Rome, May 15, 2020: In preparation for the May 18 resumption of public liturgies in Italy and a morning Mass with Pope Francis at the tomb of St. John Paul II, Vatican workers cleaned and sanitized the inside of St. Peter’s Basilica May 15. Vatican workers also will sanitize theContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, May 15, 2020: The recent death of a woman religious candidate in a convent in Kerala came as a shock to many. Some of the questions raised were: “Was it a suicide? Did she fall into the well by accident? What time did she fallContinue Reading
By Caesar D’Mello Melbourne, May 15, 2020: One of the most devastating pandemics in human history is affecting almost every country on earth, including India, at varying stages of its development and varying levels of success in controlling it. We are incessantly updated on cases and deaths, curves and vaccines,Continue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Tiruchirappalli, May 15, 2020: Women activists and lawyers in Tamil Nadu have condemned the torching of a Dalit teenage girl over land dispute in the southern Indian state. “Girls and women are victims of all kinds of atrocities in society. We don’t have the right evenContinue Reading
By Christina Gray Abakalik (Nigeria), May 14, 2020: God willing, Father Edward Inyanwachi will soon again celebrate Mass for the members of his rural southeastern Nigerian parish. Until then he’s trying to keep them from starving. The pastor of St. Patrick Parish and two mission churches in the Diocese ofContinue Reading
Bhopal, May 14, 2020: Thousands of migrant on May 14 went on warpath in a Madhya Pradesh town after the central Indian state allegedly failed to arrange food and transportation for them. Violence erupted in Sendhwa town on the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border after the migrants blocked traffic on the NationalContinue Reading
David Hollenbach, S.J May 14, 2020: The Covid-19 crisis reveals the full force of unjust structures that place refugees and very poor people at great risk. It also shows the dangers of political discourse that emphasizes national interests to the exclusion of the world’s most vulnerable people. International responses toContinue Reading
