From The States

Jesuit school in Mumbai housing migrant workers stranded by COVID-19 lockdown

When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on March 24, he gave the country just four hours’ notice. This was disastrous for India’s millions of migrant workers, who often leave their villages for jobs in the country’s large cities. These jobs are usually as day […]

Bom Jesus rector alleges neglect of historic basilica

One of India’s most historic churches is suffering from “sheer negligence” by the country’s main cultural protection body, according to its rector. The Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa was consecrated in 1605 and houses the remains of St. Francis Xavier. Jesuit Father Patricio Fernandes says the “colossal negligence, incompetence and inefficiency” of the Archaeological […]

New chief for South Asia Jesuits appointed

Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa on April 30 appointed Father Jerome Stanislaus D’Souza as the head of South Asia region, the fastest growing Jesuit communities in the world. Father D’Souza, popularly called Father Stany, is the current provincial of Karnataka. He replaces Father George Pattery, who held the post for more than six years.

Covid-19: Artist who brought Gospel values to children dies

French Canadian artist Claude Lafortune, who hosted children’s programs based on the Gospel on national television, died of COVID-19 April 19. He was 83. Born in 1936, and sometimes compared to Mister Rogers for the way he treated children with reverence, Lafortune was a true scissors virtuoso who elevated do-it-yourself crafts to the rank of […]

”Architect Of Guwahati Archdiocese” Dies

Church leaders in Assam on April 21 mourned the death of Father Varghese Kizhakkevelil, who had played a key role in nurturing Guwahati archdiocese and other dioceses in the northeastern Indian state. “The Archdiocese of Guwahati is what it is because of him,” Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, the archdiocese’s first prelate, told Matters India mourning the […]

Bishop Mar Mathew Anikuzhikattil passed away

Most Rev. Mar Mathew Anikuzhikattil (78) Bishop Emeritus of Idukki Syro Malabar diocese passed away on Friday, 1 May 2020 at 1.38 am at Medical Mission Hospital, Kolenchery, Ernakulam district, Kerala. He had been under treatment for aged-related ailments for the last few years. The funeral details are awaited. He was appointed as the first […]

Covid-19: Religious leaders to hold joint-prayer in Kerala

Leaders of various religions in Kerala on April 29 appealed their people to observe a joint-prayer day to pray for Covid-19 patients, deceased, health-care workers and administrators amid the pandemic out-break. They have suggested May 3, the day a nationwide lock-down is scheduled to end after 40 days, to observe the prayer program. The leaders […]

Covid-19 Positive Nun Accepts “God’s Will”

A Catholic nun, who was tested Covid 19 positive, spends her time in prayer and meditation at the government quarantine center in Delhi.“I accept God’s will. I am not afraid of death if that is what God wants,” the Sisters of Destitute nun, whose identity cannot be disclosed legally, told Sister Celine, a council member […]

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