VATICAN CITY , Feb 03, 2020: The Vatican donated thousands of protective masks to several Chinese provinces affected by the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. In an email to Catholic News Service Feb. 3, the Vatican press office confirmed a report that appeared in the Chinese newspaper The Global Times,Continue Reading
Kampala, Feb 03 , 2020: A Catholic Archbishop in Uganda has decreed that Holy Communion can in future be received only by mouth, and not in the hand. The conservative Archbishop of Kampala, the Most Rev Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, said this was because of “many reported instances of dishonouring theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 2, 2020: The federal government has ordered an inquiry into a study conducted in Nagaland by researchers from the U.S., China and India on bats and humans carrying antibodies to deadly viruses like Ebola. The inquiry comes as officials worldwide grapple with the spread of novel coronavirusContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 2, 2020: A shot was fired at gate No. 5 of Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi on February 2 night, according to news agency ANI. Two suspects, one of them wearing a red jacket, came on a scooter, the Jamia Coordination Committee that is participatingContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Bengaluru, Feb 2, 2020: A three-day National Peace Convention ended at Bengaluru’s Christ University with participants committing to promote Gandhian and the core values of Indian Constitution to check division and hatred. Around 470 delegates from 18 states reflected and discussed various challenges to peace in theContinue Reading
Beltangady, Feb 2, 2020: The grand assembly of Catholics in Mangaluru region on February 2 drew more than 30,000 people from three rites who reiterated their allegiance to India and its Constitution while asserting their Christian faith. “Catholics consider themselves as Indians first. We live for our country,” Bishop PeterContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 2, 2020: The four convicts in the Nirbhaya case are “trying the patience of the nation,” the federal government told the Delhi High Court in a rare Sunday hearing on February 2. The government challenged a trial court’s order staying the execution of Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta,Continue Reading
Moshi, Feb 2, 2020: At least 20 people were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in Tanzania, officials said on February 2. Government official Kippi Warioba, District Commissioner in the northern town of Moshi, said he feared the number of dead could still rise from theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 1, 2020: A man on February 1 fired shots at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, the heart of protests against the citizenship law CAA, just three days after a teen shooter fired at protesters at nearby Jamia Millia University. This is the second daylight shooting in which theContinue Reading
Kolkata, Feb 1, 2020: It’s not enough to talk about violence against women only. Voices have to be raised against atrocities on minorities and the marginalized as well, and anyone who is feeling insecure in the current circumstances, when even something as basic as citizenship is coming up for questioning.Continue Reading
