By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, March 21, 2020: Christians in India are banking on their faith as the country faces the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Matters India spoke to some Christians across the country to know how they are trying to keep their faith amid the currentContinue Reading
Maryland, USA: A Catholic priest in Maryland is going above and beyond to make sure his parishioners have access to most sacraments amid the coronavirus. The Governor of Maryland put into place a list of rules businesses and Maryland citizens must abide by to stop the spread of coronavirus andContinue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, March 16, 2020: Many a time bad events in our lives open up new opportunities. They also teach us life-changing lessons. The dreaded the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which the United Nations has declared a worldwide pandemic, has opened up for India at least two distinctContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Turin, March 13, 2020: The Salesians of Don Bosco congregation has decided to wind up midway its 28th general chapter in view of the coronavirus pandemic. The apex body of the world’s second largest Catholic religious congregation for men began the six-yearly meet on February 15.Continue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, March 11, 2020: The Missionaries of Charity nuns plan to close all houses to visitors and volunteers. “The health of our children comes first,” Sister Terese Joseph, regional superior of the Missionaries of Charity in Mumbai told AsiaNews agency. She also said Mother Teresa would haveContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Berhampur, Feb 26, 2020: Around 3,000 Catholics who on February 26 gathered in a church in Odisha state’s “silk city” for Ash Wednesday services prayed for coronavirus victims all over the world, especially those in China. ”We are specially praying for the victims of coronavirus of ChinaContinue Reading
By Christina Hermoso and Leslie Ann Aquino Manila, Feb 22, 2020: To reduce the risk of transmission of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has recommended the sprinkling of blessed ash on the crown of the head instead of marking with ash theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Bengaluru, Feb 15, 2020: The corona virus epidemics that broke in Wuhan province of China and later spread to other countries affected the third Global Public Health Conference in Bengaluru, southern India. Several overseas participants had to cancel the trip in the last minute, Isanka Gamage, theContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, Feb 8, 2020: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), appealed to brother bishops of 26 member countries to seek the intercession of Blessed Virgin Mary to stall the corona virus epidemic. Originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan, theContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 2, 2020: The federal government has ordered an inquiry into a study conducted in Nagaland by researchers from the U.S., China and India on bats and humans carrying antibodies to deadly viruses like Ebola. The inquiry comes as officials worldwide grapple with the spread of novel coronavirusContinue Reading
