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 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
By Anthony Fernandes Panaji, April 12, 2020: A niece of Fusco-Jackson on March 20 wrote this on the Facebook: “My mom is one of 11, last Thursday I went to sleep having 10 aunts and uncles! Friday I woke up and found out I only had 9. Just a fewContinue Reading
By Kochurani Abraham Kottayam, April 8, 2020: Amid the unbridled spread of the COVID 19 pandemic when people across the globe stand startled before its developments and devastating consequences, we are into a Holy Week, commemorating the core mysteries of Christian life. Perhaps for the first time in the historyContinue Reading
By K Vani Bengaluru, April 7, 2020: Although I am not a Christian, I believe in Christ and follow His principles. All my studies were done in Christian institutions and now I am privileged to work in a prestigious Christian college in Bengaluru. Thanks to all those Catholic priests andContinue Reading
By Tushti Namisha Aind Bengaluru, April 6, 2020: God works in mysterious ways, but always for our good. I have always believed that I live a decent Christian life. I have my daily prayers, go to church often, do community service. But who knew God will take us out ofContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, April 6, 2020: Last September, my community decided to visit the families of our neighborhood of Fontainhas, Panaji, India. We were responding to a call of Pope Francis to visit families, and it was also part of our celebration of Extraordinary Mission Month. The parish priest,Continue Reading
By Fr. Victor Ferrao Rachol, April 6, 2020: The diagram of society is changing. Coronavirus has already redrawn the lines of commune in our society. We are under lockdown and the entrance to our homes has become the line that confines us to our homes. As we go to theContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, April 6, 2020: Yesterday (April 5) at 9.00 pm many people in India switched off electric lights for 9 minutes and lighted candles or oil lamp or torch, as response to the appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The prime minister had specifically told that theContinue Reading
By Francis Gonsalves Pune, April 5, 2020: Call it closedown or lockdown or what you will, but this global lockdown is certainly not a shutdown for proclaiming Christ. Rather, I believe that—just as the religious spirit swelled post 9/11 in the USA—COVID-19 is likely to see a surge in spiritualContinue Reading
