By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 21, 2020: Laudato Si’ week is a time to reflect on climate change and its devastating effect on India and Asia, according to the Indian bishops’ point man for ecological issues. At the same time, Bishop Alwyn D’Silva says it’s a time to look toContinue Reading
Manila, May 21, 2020: “Impractical and without sense,” was how Archbishop Romulo Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, described the government’s guidelines for the resumption of religious services. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infection Diseases (IATF-EID) had said under a modifiedContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, May 19, 2020: Don Bosco Church, Lingarajapuram, a Bengaluru suburb, has reached out to those affected by the nationwide lockdown in their neighborhood. Pparish priest Father Aloysius Santiago, who has led the aid work, termed the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on the Indian population asContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 19, 2020: The Supreme Court on May 19 said there can be no existence of free citizens if the news media cannot speak, and therefore journalistic freedom lies at the core of freedom of expression, but it is not absolute. The observations were made by a benchContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, May 19, 2020: More than hundred buses have been deployed in Chhattisgarh state to ferry the hundreds of migrant laborers walking through the state to reach their destinations, reports Dainik Bhaskar. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel gave orders on May 17 to all the 27Continue Reading
Bengaluru , May 18, 2020: Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao along with additional CP Soumendu Mukherji and DCP (Central) Chethan Rathore visited the St Mark’s Cathedral two weeks ago to record a song for a global concert. The song was recorded along with the church choir and will be webcastContinue Reading
Vijayawada, May 18, 2020: A family of four has been hospitalized in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after they consumed a juice they believed would protect them from Covid-19. The family that lives in Pallamalli village in Cheemakurthy Mandal of Prakasam district learned from the social media platformContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 17, 2020: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has extended the nationwide lockdown until May 31. NDMA has asked all the Ministries and Departments of Government of India, State Governments and State Authorities to continue the lockdown measures in the country. The third phase of the lockdown willContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 16, 2020: Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga thanked Churches in the state for accepting state government’s request to allow church halls to be used as quarantine facilities amid coronavirus crisis, saying that the move has proved Mizoram as a powerhouse of “love, peace and unity”. “And with theContinue Reading
Mangalore, May 16, 2020: When the district administration asked if the cathedral and its schools could accommodate migrant workers, Father J.B. Crasta didn’t have to think twice. Rosario Cathedral in Mangalore is now putting up in its three schools and auditoriums hundreds of migrant workers who are arriving in theContinue Reading
