By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, April 18, 2020: The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (Nirmala Sisters) have been distributing relief goods to poor people affected by the current lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in and round of Siliguri, a city in the northeast of Indian state of West BengalContinue Reading
Becare Me O Nongtdu Jowai, April 18, 2020: COVID-19 crisis offers a clarion call to humanity for self-discipline, self-realization, and self-manifestation. This article based on my experience during this unprecedented lockdown period. It makes me realized that the self (human being/individual) is a precious gift of God. He created menContinue Reading
By Patrick Heller The global coronavirus pandemic is a natural, albeit brutal experiment. Just about every part of the world has been impacted and the range of responses we are seeing at the national and subnational levels reveal not only existing inequalities but also the political and institutional capacity ofContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, April 18, 2020: In the middle of the lockdown, April 14, was indeed a very special day for India. It was a day that certainly brought into focus the grim realities and difficulties which “we the people of India” are currently facing due toContinue Reading
By Prema Chowallur Guwahati, April 18, 2020: A large number religious women is in the forefront of the Catholic Church’s humanitarian works among those affected by the nationwide lockdown. Amrat Talitha Kum India, or just Amrat, is one of the largest networks of women religious engaged in anti-human trafficking activities.Continue Reading
BY Jessy Joseph New Delhi, April 17, 2020: Some unidentified people on April 17 disrupted a Christian NGO’s distribution of food kits among those affected by the nationwide lockdown in western Uttar Pradesh. “We were distributing provision for about 3,000 families in Electronic City in the Sector 62 of NoidaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwhati, April 17, 2020: Head of the Catholic Church in northeastern India on April 17 termed as “unchristian” a row over the last rites of a doctor, the first Covid-19 victim in Meghalaya state. Doctor John L Sailo Ryntathiang, a Presbyterian Christian, was buried on AprilContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, April 17, 2020: Several organizations and individuals all over the world are doing their best to save people from the jaws of pandemic Covid 19. Thousands of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are the front line soldiers in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. The police, suppliersContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 17, 2020: National lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 has affected all sectors and people of all walks of life in India. One such sector is media and journalists. In view of the large number of lay-offs and salary cuts announced by several mediaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Muktsar, April 17, 2020: Catholics in a Punjab city have taken the lead to help the poor and needy during the nationwide lockdown On April 17, the top police officer of Muktsar district launched a Church project to distribute 10,000 milk packets and vitamin tablets toContinue Reading
