By Musheera Ashraf, Saharanpur, June 23, 2020: Around 5:30 pm on June 18, Israr left his village Imliya on his motorcycle for nearby Kutesra village. The 30-year-old carpenter was going to measure furniture at a customer’s place. While on his way to Kutsera, Israr was “beaten up mercilessly with sticksContinue Reading
By Alia Allana New Delhi, June 22, 2020: India’s coronavirus response has affected Indians very differently. One thing unites them, though: a biscuit. The evening, surender malik recalls, was a blur. Exhausted, he had just sat down to watch television as his wife prepared dinner when Prime Minister Narendra ModiContinue Reading
By Saji Thomas Kattappana,June 15, 2020: Sr. Lijo Joseph calls a Kenyan number on WhatsApp from a hospital in Chikmagalur, and a young woman responds, “Hello.” The member of Congregation of the Mother of Carmel then says: “I am Sr. Lijo Joseph, a doctor calling from Corona Care from India.”Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Manimala, June 14: Renowned social activist Father George Kannanthanam, who on June 14 led the funeral services of his mother, says he owes to her his vocation and passion for social work. “I have inherited my vocation to priesthood as well as my passion for social workContinue Reading
Pakistan, June 14, 2020: Two things are true of the Pakistani Church. First, locals are more open than ever to the Gospel message. Second, there are fewer and fewer foreign missionaries there to answer the call for answers. According to Jonathan, a Christian worker focused in Pakistan, local interest inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, June 14, 2020: Simon Oraon will soon sleep in a proper house, thanks to some bank officers. The 84-year-old Padma Shri recipient, known as the waterman of Jharkhand, lives in living in a tin-roofed dilapidated house along with his wife Virginia and two maternal grandchildrenContinue Reading
By Carl Hoover Waco, June 12, 2020: In her final two months as chaplain for Ascension Providence Park-St. Catherine’s in Waco, the United States, Sister Sini Paul — Sister Sini to almost everyone who entered her circle of warmth — found her ministry undergoing major changes. A lockdown for residentsContinue Reading
By Dishan Joseph Kochchikade (Sri Lanka), June 9, 2020: Come June 13, people of Sri Lanka turn their eyes to a Catholic shrine in Colombo that has Indian links. On that day, the Shrine of St. Anthony, the most prominent landmark of Kochchikade, a Colombo suburb, has traditionally celebrated theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Raikia, June 7, 2020: The nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 has given a priest in Odisha a new opportunity to reach out to his people the eastern Indian state. Father Bhanjakishore Nayak, a self-made musician and singer, uses an App to help people praiseContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, June 4, 2020: The nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic has not restricted the bishops of Faridabad diocese from interacting with his people. Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara and Auxiliary Bishop Jose Puthenveettil use Zoom, video conferencing and other social media platforms to connect with priests,Continue Reading
