New Delhi, March 11, 2020: Novel coronavirus, which has killed around 4,300 people across the world, can be characterized as a “pandemic,” the World Health Organization has announced. “WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread andContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, March 11, 2020: The Missionaries of Charity nuns plan to close all houses to visitors and volunteers. “The health of our children comes first,” Sister Terese Joseph, regional superior of the Missionaries of Charity in Mumbai told AsiaNews agency. She also said Mother Teresa would haveContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, March 11, 2020: There are certain flowers and shrubs that immediately clam up when touched, which is why they are called “Touch Me Nots.” It is a natural self-defence mechanism that is also seen in tortoises. They withdraw into their shells. Post the Corona Virus (CV) pandemicContinue Reading
By Shini Melukunnel Jharsuguda, March 11, 2020: The memory of growing up as a child in a traditional family in Kerala, southern India, is vivid. The Lenten season then consisted of sacrifice, giving up non-vegetarian items, fasting on Fridays. When I look back, those were mere rituals for me. TodayContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, March 11, 2020: When U.S. President Donald Trump made his first official visit to India in the last week of February, parts of Delhi, the national capital, were in flames. At least 50 people were killed and hundreds wounded in sectarian riots triggered by theContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, March 10, 2020: A Catholic parish in Bengaluru has organized a program for the disabled persons the southern Indian city, capital of Karnataka state. Don Bosco Church at Lingarajapuram named the program ‘Differently Abled Day” and chose ‘We care so we share’ as the theme.Continue Reading
By Mark Joeverth Zamora Manila, March 10, 2020: Sister Jolly Joseph, a member of Daughters of the Sacred Heart and a missionary from India, has been working in the Philippines for the past ten years. She spends her time as a campus missionary in the Central Colleges of the Philippines,Continue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, March 10, 2020: In Manila, the Philippines: I meet the homeless along the street, begging at doors, camping under the bridge, stopping vehicles on the road asking for coins, lying on the sidewalks — so frail and exposed to rain and sun. I was prejudiced, skepticalContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, March 10, 2020: Recently the Vatican announced Pope Francis has created a task force to help bishops’ conferences around the world address the clerical sex abuse crisis. The lineup is impressive, but much like a high-profile February 2019 summit on child protection, laypeople — womenContinue Reading
By Philip Mathew Tiruchirappalli, March 10, 2020: John Antony was 9 when his mother brought him to a special school managed by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in the southern Indian city of Tiruchirappalli, also called Trichy, in 2008. His mother cried and pleaded with the nuns to admitContinue Reading
