By Isaac Shaw New Delhi, April 17, 2020: As India continues its attempt at the world’s biggest social isolation effort to halt the new coronavirus outbreak, millions are struggling to navigate weeks of canceled public transit, closed businesses, and therefore no Sunday services. Many smaller churches have their attendees joinContinue Reading
By Jesvita Princy Quadras New Delhi, April 16, 2020: With the COVID-19 pandemic, many international events are either canceled or postponed such as Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. It is too early to say, if the World Youth Day (WYD) 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal, will take place or not, for whichContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak, I P Sarto Burdwan, April 16, 2020: Hundreds of migrants, daily laborers, and marginalized in West Bengal’s Burdwan region now thank a Catholic charity for helping them survive the lockdown imposed throughout India to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “God has sent Catholic priests, nuns and others whenContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 16, 2020: The review of the global data of pandemic Covid 19 has made me anxious. The number of people getting infected is increasing and hundreds now die in many countries. The maximum casualties are in developed and powerful countries such as the United States.Continue Reading
Rome, April 16, 2020: Cardinal Telesphore Toppo of India is among prelates from all five continents who urged Pope Francis to dogmatically proclaim Mary as “Spiritual Mother of all Peoples” as the world faces the “historic” coronavirus pandemic. The Easter letter states that the signatories made this same request ofContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 16, 2020: “How can you be a nun and a lawyer?” people often ask lawyer-nuns. Some consider it a joke while others take it as an ordinary query to respond. Since the Second Vatican Council, the Church’s mission has been evolved according to the needsContinue Reading
Colombo, Apr 15, 2020: Sri Lankan police on April 15 claimed to have made two high-profile arrests in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. They have arrested a prominent lawyer and a Muslim political party leader’s brother who allegedly had links with one of the suicide bombers. Nine suicide bombers carriedContinue Reading
New York, Apr 15, 2020: Tanzania”s president claimed the coronavirus “cannot sit in the body of Christ.” Israel”s health minister dismissed a potential curfew by saying that “the Messiah will come and save us.” A global Muslim missionary movement held mass gatherings — and took blame for spreading the disease.Continue Reading
Rome, April 15, 2020: A group of Italian doctors received a bishop’s permission to distribute Holy Communion to those infected by the coronavirus. Looking for a way to provide both spiritual and physical care on Easter, six doctors caring for coronavirus patients at a hospital in Prato, located in Tuscany,Continue Reading
Vatican City, Apr 15, 2020: The Vatican is creating a commission to provide local aid and tackle issues related to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement released Wednesday. The group, created at the request of Pope Francis, will work in collaboration with the Roman Curia andContinue Reading
