New Delhi: A seer has died from COVID-19 and 80 other holy men have tested positive after attending a vast religious festival where millions of pilgrims have been ignoring Covid-19 advice despite a national surge in infections. The announcement from authorities in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, came as India recorded more thanContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s orders curbing people’s movement and working hours of industries and businesses to tackle the surge in Covid-19 cases has sparked a wave of fear among migrant workers about being stranded without work. “While the government has not announced a full lockdown, the restrictions may ultimately leadContinue Reading
South Carolina: A Catholic priest in the US state of South Carolina has taken his own life just a day after testing positive for Covid-19. Michel Bineen Mukad, administrator of St. Mary Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church in Georgetown, had sent an email to parishioners the day before heContinue Reading
Vatican City: Christmas at the Vatican will be a little different this year — and in keeping with the times, Pope Francis has eschewed a traditional gift for something a bit more practical. Rather than a bottle of sparkling wine and the traditional Italian holiday cake panettone, the pope’s ChristmasContinue Reading
Berlin: Seventy-six Catholic nuns have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a Franciscan convent in northwestern Germany, church authorities said Dec. 1. Another 85 nuns received negative test results at the monastery in Thuine, not far from the Dutch border, the convent’s Mother Superior told The Associated Press.Continue Reading
Vatican: World Fisheries Day is celebrated annually on 21 November, to highlight the importance of this marine based labour sector, which provides employment for more than 59.5 million people. In his Message for the Day, Cardinal Peter Turkson Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, pointedContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Holy See press office said Saturday a resident of the Vatican hotel where Pope Francis also lives has tested positive for COVID-19. The person has been temporarily moved out of the Casa Santa Marta residence and placed in isolation, the Oct. 17 statement said. Anyone who cameContinue Reading
Mumbai, July 1, 2020: With several parishioners unclear about the ambiguous and ever-changing guidelines the BMC issues on Catholic funerals, the office of Archdiocese of Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias clarified that burial is allowed at all cemeteries, and once again asked the people to ensure fewer mourners attend the service.Continue Reading
Nalgonda, June 28. 2020: Covid-19 pandemic turned his life upside down. He was forced to return to his village in Nalgonda district with his wife and eight-month-old son when the lockdown imposed to check the pandemic spread forced the closure of the school and left him jobless. Satyanarayana was paidContinue Reading
Wellington, Jun 23, 2020: The number of global coronavirus cases continued to surge Tuesday in many large countries that have been lifting lockdowns, including the US, even as new infections stabilized or dropped in parts of Western Europe. India has been recording about 15,000 new infections each day, and someContinue Reading
