Fr. Elias L. Ayuban, Jr., CMF Manila, Philippines, April 18, 2020: This is a frequently-asked question in times of crisis. An interrogative that sounds more like a sarcasm than a query seeking for a candid answer. But let me try to reflect on where the Church is now without anyContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, April 18, 2020: In the middle of the lockdown, April 14, was indeed a very special day for India. It was a day that certainly brought into focus the grim realities and difficulties which “we the people of India” are currently facing due toContinue Reading
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 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
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, April 15, 2020: On April 14, India Today TV conducted an interview with Yuval Noah Harari, Israeli futurist and a professor in the department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The topic of discussion was global cooperation to combat Coronavirus and future epidemics.Continue Reading
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 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 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 Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 10, 2020: Covid-19, an invisible microbe which originated in Wuhan, China, in mid-November 2019 has attacked over 198 countries in the world killing 88,528 people and infecting over 1,519,066. This invisible enemy has not spared even the most developed countries which have powerful armies andContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, April 10, 2020: For a vast majority of the common people in India the words ‘social distancing’ are alien and it is not in their ethos. For ages, people have learned to live together as groups/communities. Due to coivd-19 pandemic situation the ‘forced’ social distancingContinue Reading