Matters India Reporter Hong Kong, March 25, 2020 — Four groups of Salesian Family in China province has volunteered to help the Salesian Family members in Italy to fight Covid-19 pandemic. The Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr. Stefano Martoglio has directed all ‘benefactors’ to the pandemic epicenter Milan inContinue Reading
Bergamo, March 24, 2020: An Italian priest who gave a respirator to a younger coronavirus patient he did not know has died of the disease. Father Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, died in hospital in Lovere, Bergamo – one of the worst-hit cities in Italy. At least 50 Catholic priests have reportedlyContinue Reading
Rome, Mar 23, 2020: In the past week alone, more than 3,000 people have died in Italy after contracting the coronavirus. Among the dead are at least 60 priests this month, according to local media reports. “I pray to the Holy Spirit to give us the gift of light andContinue Reading
Rio de Janeiro, March 23, 2020: The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil was lit up March 18 night with flags and messages of hope to the nations affected by the growing coronavirus pandemic. The stunning light show atop Rio de Janeiro’s Corcovado mountain featured more than 150 flags,Continue Reading
Rio de Janeiro, March 18, 2020: Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, which appears to balance improbably atop Corcovado mountain, has withstood the worst of what the elements could muster for nearly nine decades. Now it, too, is succumbing to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The 125-foot-tall statue,Continue Reading
Lagos, Mar 17, 2020: The principal and a security guard at Bethlehem Girls High School in Lagos died Sunday while helping students escape a burning building following the explosion of a gas pipeline. At least 17 people died as a result of the March 15 explosion, which occurred after aContinue Reading
Bergamo, March 16, 2020: In a nation where the faithful are not allowed to assemble for Mass, one church in northern Italy is full. The Church of All Saints in Bergamo — located in a cemetery in Italy’s hardest-hit Lombardy region — has had to open its doors to dozensContinue Reading
Vatican City, Mar 16, 2020: The Holy See announced a new law governing the judicial system of the Vatican City state Monday. The motu proprio provides enhanced safeguards for the independence of judges and prosecutors in Vatican City to better address economic, financial and criminal cases in the sovereign territory.Continue Reading
Rome, Italy, Mar 15, 2020: Italian police on March 15 dispersed Catholics attending a Mass being celebrated in a parish outside of Rome. The Italian government has prohibited public gatherings in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Mass was being offered at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in the ItalianContinue Reading
Cremona, Italy, Mar 15, 2020: A Catholic priest has died in Italy from coronavirus, and local Italian media reported Sunday the death of several others. No priests have previously been reported dead from the global pandemic, which has struck Italy more gravely than nearly any other country in the world.Continue Reading
