Bhopal: A health worker in Madhya Pradesh is facing police investigation after she was seen in a video that purportedly showed her going door to door and asking people to pray to Jesus Christ to stay safe amid the Covid-19 pandemic. BJP legislator Rameshwar Sharma was among those who tweetedContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: The editor of a Catholic weekly in India, who took the initiative to keep track of deaths among priests and nuns due to Covid-19 in the country, says the findings have shocked him. “I am shocked at the huge loss to the Church in India,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Sanju Agnel Varkey says he is alive now only because of Jesus whom he had called before jumping into the Arabian Sea from a sinking barge. The 24-year-old was among 186 people rescued by the Indian Navy after a 15-hour ordeal in the sea. TheyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy was on May 18 taken to a hospital in Mumbai to give Covid-19 vaccine. The octogenarian Jesuit was then brought back to the Taloja jail near Mumbai where he was lodged on October 9, 2020. The vaccine was givenContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on May 17 asked the federal government to take quick action on a Catholic nun’s petition to stop the release of a “blasphemous” Malayalam film on priests and nuns. Sacred Heart Sister Jessy Mani, a New Delhi-based psychologist, approached the DelhiContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Friends and family members of Father Stan Swamy on May 15 demanded immediate medical care for the 84-year-old Jesuit activist after he developed symptoms of Covid-19 infection. Father Swamy’s “health condition is getting worse. He has severe cold, fever, body pain and diarrhea,” says IrudayaContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Port Moresby: Pope Francis on May 13 appointed a missionary priest from India as the bishop of Aitape, a diocese in Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania. Bishop-elect Siby Mathew Peedikayil is a member of the Heralds of Good News, an India-based congregation. The 50-year-old priestContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: As many as ten Catholic priests succumbed to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours in India, according information arriving from various parts of the country. Six priests died on May 12 and four on the previous day. As many as 92 priests and one seminarianContinue Reading
Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on May 11 said 26 Covid-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause. He said these fatalities occurred between 2 a.m. andContinue Reading
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
