By Matters India Reporter Panaji: The archdiocese of Goa-Daman plans to open one of its spiritual renewal centers for people who require self-quarantine during this coronavirus pandemic time. Father Savio Fernandes, assistant director Caritas-Goa, says they have sent five nurses to undergo training in Heathway Hospital to take charge ofContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur: Father Prakash Tirkey, Northern Indian provincial of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), died of Covid-19 on May 7. He was 57. The death occurred at1:45 pm at St Joseph’s Hospital in Visakhapatnam, a port town in Andhra Pradesh, Vincentian Father Pravas Joseph told Matters India.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Indore: Bishop Basil Bhuriya of Jabhua, Madhya Pradesh, died May 6 due to cardiac arrest at St. Francis Hospital, Indore. He was undergoing Covid treatment. He was 65. Bishop Basil Bhuriya is the second Indian Catholic prelate to die of Covid 19. Earlier Archbishop Emeritus AntonyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pathanamthitta: Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the world’s oldest bishop who attended the Second Vatican Council as a Protestant observer and was honored with India’s third highest civilian award, died May 5 in Kerala, southern India. He was 104. The death of the Mar Thomas Valiya (senior) MetropolitanContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis presided at an Ordinary Public Consistory for the Canonization of Blesseds on May 3 morning, in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. During a Consistory, the Cardinals “assist the Supreme Pastor of the Church through collegial action” by offering their counsel onContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: Father Joy Karayampuram, the former Jesuit provincial of Patna, died of Covid-19 on April 29. He was 65. Father Joy, as he was popularly known, died at 10:23 am in Ruben Memorial Hospital, Pataliputra, a Patna suburb. He was laid to rest at the JesuitContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: A Catholic church in Kerala was singled out for praise by state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for abandoning its 211-year-old tradition of celebrating patron saint’s feast. During his daily briefing on the state’s coronavirus status on April 27, the chief minister hailed the decision ofContinue Reading
Geneva: The World Health Organization chief voiced alarm April 26 at India’s record-breaking wave of Covid-19 cases and deaths, saying the organisation was rushing to help address the crisis. “The situation in India is beyond heartbreaking,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters. His comments came as India battles a catastrophic coronavirusContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: As many as 14 Catholic priests in India have succumbed to the coronavirus pandemic between April 20 and 23, according to available information. They were among more than 20 priests the Church lost to Covid-19 in the past one month. The Church in IndiaContinue Reading
Nashik: Disruption in the supply of medical oxygen has killed at least 22 patients in a hospital in western India’s Maharashtra state, officials have said. Suraj Mandhare, an official in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, said an oxygen tanker leaked outside a hospital in the city, halting its supply forContinue Reading