Matters India Reporter Yangon, April 2, 2020: Cardinal Charles Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, has minced no words in blaming the Chinese regime for the global contagion – Covid 19. “International voices are rising against the negligent attitude shown by China, especially its despotic Chinese Communist PartyContinue Reading
Vatican City, Apr 2, 2020: Mother Teresa’s example should inspire us to seek out those whose suffering is hidden during the coronavirus crisis, Pope Francis said at his daily Mass on April 2. At the start of the Mass April 2, Pope Francis said he had seen a photograph inContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, April 2, 2020 — In his Easter message in the age of Covid 19 pandemic and anxiety, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar sees a ‘resurrection in human solidarity.’ Cardinal sent out his Easter message priorContinue Reading
Yangon, March 31, 2020: Myanmar’s regional military commanders have provided medicine, protective masks, hand sanitizer and conducted medical checks for religious leaders in different states and regions, as a contribution to government efforts to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. Over the past week, as the number of confirmedContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 29, 2020: A Mozambican bishop has decried the deaths of 64 Ethiopians from asphyxiation as tragic, senseless and inhuman. On March 24, a container truck was stopped by Mozambique’s immigration authorities in the province of Tete. It carried 78 people from Ethiopia, 64 of whom were foundContinue Reading
Manila, March 29, 2020: A Filipina Benedictine nun has succumbed to coronavirus in Spain, her congregation reported on March 28. Sr. Maria Gratia Balagot, who was the superior of their community in India, was only visiting Spain to renew her visa when she was infected with Covid-19. “And while there,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Geneva, March 28, 2020: The World Council of Churches (WCC) and Regional Ecumenical Organizations (REOs) have affirmed the urgency of standing together to protect life amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All regions in the ecumenical movement around the world, including the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), issuedContinue Reading
Hong Kong, March 28, 2020: An Irish missionary priest, Father Michael Cuddigan of the Society of St. Columban, says he would prefer to die rather than leave the faithful in Hong Kong despite the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. “Like all missionaries, I’ve been through my dangerous moments in the past, soContinue Reading
From healing souls to healing bodies, this priest is doing everything he can to help his flockContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Manila, March 28, 2020 — A parish in northern Philippines has come up with a novel way to reach out to the needy poor of its neighbourhood in the locked down times of Covid 19. The parish commission on social concern has set up ‘Kindness Station.’ “ActiveContinue Reading
