By Purushottam Nayak Rourkella, April, 13, 2020: The Handmaids of Mary, an indigenous religious congregation of Odisha, has received applause from the local administration for helping those affected by the nationwide lockdown in the eastern Indian state. “I appreciate your genuine work. I am happy that you could come outContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, April 10, 2020: Covid-19, an invisible microbe which originated in Wuhan, China, in mid-November 2019 has attacked over 198 countries in the world killing 88,528 people and infecting over 1,519,066. This invisible enemy has not spared even the most developed countries which have powerful armies andContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy, Saji Thomas, Julian Das New Delhi, April 10, 2020: In India, a nationwide 21-day lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely restricted the movements and activities of nuns of various congregations as well as their more than 1.37 billion countrymen since March 25. India accounts forContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, April 10, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, blessed the coronavirus-affected city with a relic of the Cross after the Good Friday service on April 10. The cardinal led the Way of the Cross in the Holy Name Cathedral at Nathalal Parekh Marg in Mumbai,Continue Reading
By Jose Kavi* New Delhi, April 7, 2020: Catholic parish priests in India say the nationwide lockdwon has given them new insights to their role as pastors while seeking new ways to retain their smell of sheep. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 announced a 21-day lockdown forContinue Reading
Cardiff(UK), April 7,2020: An experienced and admired heart surgeon has died in an intensive care unit in Wales in UK after testing positive for Covid-19. Jitendra Rathod, a 62-year-old father of two, died at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on April 6. Rathod was an associate specialist inContinue Reading
London, April 6, 2020: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said. A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving “excellent care”. Mr Johnson has asked Foreign SecretaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad, April 4, 2020: The Federation of Telugu Churches (FTC), the apex body various Christian denominations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, on April 4 offered its institutions to the governments of the two states to use during the time of coronavirus pandemic. In separate letters addressedContinue Reading
By Fr. Victor Ferrao Rachol, April 3, 2020: Truth has fidelity to inconsistency. It has a disruptive character. It often derails our comfort zones. The eruption of coronavirus in the world brings this hard lesson to us. Everyone among us is displaced by this minute pathogen. As we have becomeContinue Reading
By: Smitha George London, April 2, 2020: COVID-19 has claimed the life of a 73-year-old Indian member of the Missionaries of Charity in the United Kingdom. Sister Sienna was admitted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea with complications of the viral infection and succumbed to the illness on April 1. TheContinue Reading
