Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed on Thursday, while job losses pushed millions into poverty. The number of Indians in the middle class, or those earning between $10 andContinue Reading
Baghdad: The apostolic nunciature in Iraq reported on Feb. 28 that the Nuncio Mitja Leskovar, has tested positive for COVID less than a week before Pope Francis trip to the country. “The Apostolic Nuncio has recently tested positive to the COVID 19 virus. His symptoms are very light and fromContinue Reading
Mexico City: The Dominican Nuns of the St. Catherine of Siena Monastery in Mexico City sent an urgent request for “fervent prayers” to local and international Catholics after 10 of their 24 religious fell ill with Covid-19 early this week. The superior of the community sent a letter to supportersContinue Reading
Évora: A convent of Conceptionist Sisters in the Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal is experiencing a major COVID-19 outbreak, and the local bishop is asking for prayers for the sisters and the elderly they serve. According to a January 14 statement from the archdiocese, 14 of the 16 religious sisters haveContinue Reading
Rome: Of the more than 76,000 people known to have died of COVID-19 in Italy the past 11 months, more than 200 were priests, according to the Catholic newspaper, Avvenire. Already four priests have died since the start of 2021, the newspaper said Jan. 6, adding that the cumulative tollContinue Reading
By Jossie D’Mello Bengaluru: The year 2020 has been a memorable for all of us as it exposed us to the new normal of wearing masks, sanitizing, social distancing, online learning and teaching and work from home. At the onset of 2020, no one ever imagined that we would beContinue Reading
Dover: When thousands of truckers were stranded in southern England by France’s border closure, help came from an unexpected source: a small volunteer army of British Sikhs who jumped into action to rustle up thousands of chickpea curries and pizzas. Up to 10,000 truckers are stranded as they wait forContinue Reading
Maram: Can you see the sea change that the alphabet ‘C’ has brought to world with the Corona pandemic Covid 19! As catastrophic 2020 is cast away, no one Conceived that the alphabet “C” would play a completely Contiguous role Compared with any other alphabet in English language! Have youContinue Reading
Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau died Nov. 24 at his residence in Huesca in northeastern Spain. He was 104 years old. After the death in June of 104-year-old Chilean Bishop Bernardino Piñera from pneumonia due to COVID-19, Iguacén was the oldest living Catholic bishop in the world. Iguacén’s last public appearanceContinue Reading
Washington: An Indian-American doctor and scientist has discovered a potential strategy to prevent life-threatening inflammation, lung damage and organ failure in patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Published online in the journal Cell, the research coming from the lab of Dr Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, an Indian-born researcher working at St. Jude Children’s ResearchContinue Reading
