By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 14, 2020: Covid-19 pandemic has taught us many ‘mantras’ — clean your hands, wear mask, follow social distancing, stay alone, stay at home and observe lakshman rekha. The most popular among them is ‘hand wash.’ There are two meanings for hand wash – one:Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 14, 2020: The Nepal unit of the Gandhi Peace Foundation has honored two Indian Christians for their service to the poor affected by the nationwide lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The foundation applauded James Massey, secretary, All India Christian Congress and BaptistContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, April 14, 2020: A group of civil society groups in Varanasi has decided to feed daily wagers for 15 days from April 14, the birth anniversary of Bheem Rao Ambedkar, a Dalit leader revered as the father of the Indian Constitution. Jan Mitra Nyas (PeopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Medak, April 14, 2020: Two centers of the Divine Word Missionaries of Hyderabad Province have been providing relief to migrants in Telangana state. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers have been affected by the nationwide lockdown in many parts of India. Faith-based NGOs and others haveContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 14, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishop of Mumbai, has offered four schools to set up relief centers and camps. Bombay archdiocesan spokesperson Father Nigel Barett on April 14 said the cardinal offered the schools to Home Guards some five days ago. “Since students will return to theContinue Reading
By Stacy Rodrigues Mapusa, Goa, April 14, 2020: So lost in our day to day lives, various activities and colorful future plans, had anyone thought of this phase–lockdown? Suddenly a small virus brought it all to a standstill. To many, life has paused, to a few, life has taken aContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 14, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 extended the 21-day lockdown to May 3 and gave his countrymen seven tasks to perform during the period. The 21-day lockdown from March 25 has got on people’s nerves that many groups, including Christians, had toContinue Reading
Colombo, April 13, 2020: Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has said it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter. “We forgave them,” Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, head of the Catholic Church in the island nation, said April 12 during an Easter Mass –Continue Reading
Mumbai, April 13, 2020: The Indian government’s decision to impose a strict lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of the new coronavirus last month has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers from cities as economic activity came to a standstill. But for thousands of sex workers livingContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rourkella, April, 13, 2020: The Handmaids of Mary, an indigenous religious congregation of Odisha, has received applause from the local administration for helping those affected by the nationwide lockdown in the eastern Indian state. “I appreciate your genuine work. I am happy that you could come outContinue Reading
