By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, April 12, 2020: A group of Jesuits has begun a telecounseling for those distressed during the lockdown. “For most people living indoors for such an extended period of time is a new experience. It could often lead to certain disorientation, frustration or a feeling ofContinue Reading
Guwahati , April 12, 2020: A team of four students and two faculty members of Assam Don Bosco University in Guwahati have launched a website to give information on coronavirus in the state to its residents and NRIs from the region. The team comprises Anuron Patgiri, Sanjiban Roy, Injamul Islam,Continue Reading
By Frank Krishner Patna, April 11, 2020: Tonight, as hundreds of Catholics in Bihar at home and elsewhere, watch Archbishop William D’Souza SJ perform the traditional ritual dedication of the Pascal candle on their TVs, laptops or mobile phones, via the Newsnet YouTube channel, they will be bound together inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 11, 2020: An international Christian concern has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release those imprisoned under “false conversion” charges, as a goodwill gesture at the time of Covid-19 pandemic “We request you to release all the prisoners who are in variousContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 11, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, says every citizen has a moral obligation to adhere to the government’s guidelines during the national lockdown. “Whatever the government decides, we must observe what the government tells us. If we haveContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, April 10, 2020 — For almost 3 weeks now, Salesian College Sonada and its Siliguri Campus have been using on-line facility for teaching-learning as well as research. An on-line Longitudinal Study on the Attitudinal Changes to the Covid -19 lockdown both for students and faculty isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, April 8, 2020: The ecumenical Assam Christian Forum on April 8 met Governor Jagdish Mukhi to apprise him of the relief works undertaken by various Christian groups among those reeling under the Covid-10 attack in the northeastern Indian state. The Christian delegation, led by forumContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, April 8, 2020: A multi-religious forum in Telangana state has appealed the public not to “polarize” people or communities amid COVID-19 pandemic. “Let us shun all forms of polarization and division caused by prejudices and intolerance. Let us stand together with the entire world andContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, April 8, 2020: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has formed a Global Advisory Committee in the eastern Indian state to prepare the eastern Indian state’s policy to respond to Covid-19 pandemic. The team set up on April 7 will tackle the economic and socialContinue Reading
By Jose Kalathil New Delhi, April 7, 2020: Christians in Delhi have requested the state government to make suitable arrangements in the cremation grounds for offering prayers and last rites for the community. They said once such proper facilities are made in these grounds more and more Christians would beContinue Reading
