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Sri Lankan cardinal: Catholics have forgiven 2019 Easter

Sri Lankan Catholics have forgiven the 2019 Easter suicide attackers who brought terror to the island nation a year ago, said the cardinal of Colombo. “Not only did Catholics die, but the bombs killed Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims,” said Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith as he celebrated Easter Mass April 12. “It is human nature to hurt […]

Jesuits’ apostolic works based on unity in diversity

In recent years the Society of Jesus has been questioning how to serve the Lord and the Church in the social, political and economic context that the world has been experiencing during Francis’ pontificate. The starting point of our discernment, which has involved all Jesuit communities and all our apostolic works, is the “unity in […]

Vietnam urged to free prisoners of conscience over Covid-19

Rights groups have asked communist Vietnam to release all prisoners of conscience as a way to save them from the deadly coronavirus pandemic. On April 4, Vietnam-based Human Rights Defenders said the pandemic is spreading across Vietnam and the number of infections may surge if the government fails to apply proper measures or demand all […]

Covid-19 forces China to ease crackdown on Christians

China has relaxed a crack-down on unofficial religious groups amid the intense fight against Covid-19, but some Christian leaders feel the freedom could be short-lived. Since this year’s Chinese New Year, which fell on Jan. 25, the harassment of under-ground Christians has eased as most officials have been engaged in fighting the raging pandemic, said Father […]

Bombay archdiocese asks priests to cremate Covid-19 victims

The Archdiocese of Bombay has asked its priests to follow the directives of the municipal commissioner and cremate Covid-19 victims rather than bury them. “In a video message to priests, Cardinal Oswald Gracias suggested in view of the extraordinary circumstances they would respect the call of the municipal commissioner and cremate any novel coronavirus victims,” […]

Curfew blocks Catholics’ Covid charity in central India

Christian charities in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state have been forced to abandon their food distribution among the poor after the state tightened up social distancing norms to contain the spread of coronavirus. The state government imposed a curfew in capital Bhopal on April 6, stopping all social workers, including church groups, from distributing free food […]

Indians play key role in UK fight against COVID-19

The COVID-19 death toll in United Kingdom has reached nearly 9,000. At least 17 workers in National Health Service have so far died from the coronavirus. Mother Teresa Sister Sienna, Indian doctors Hamza Pacheeri and Jitendra Rathod, nurse Beena George, and care worker Sinto George are among the confirmed Indian victims. The U.K. has been […]

Varsity team launches Covid 19 info App in Assamese

A team of four students and two faculty members of Assam Don Bosco University in Guwahati have launched a website to give information on coronavirus in the state to its residents and NRIs from the region. The team comprises Anuron Patgiri, Sanjiban Roy, Injamul Islam, Jayantajit Gogoi, Rupesh Mandal and Nupur Choudhury. Choudhury, an assistant […]