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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 […]

Mob Disrupts Christian NGO’s Food Distribution In Uttar Pradesh

Some unidentified people on April 17 disrupted a Christian NGO’s distribution of food kits among those affected by the nationwide lockdown in western Uttar Pradesh. “We were distributing provision for about 3,000 families in Electronic City in the Sector 62 of Noida when a mob disrupted our work. Seeing the crowd the police asked us […]

Vatican donates ventilators to hospitals in Syria, sets up emergency fund

In the name of Pope Francis, the Congregation for Eastern Churches said it is sending 10 ventilators to Syria and three to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Jerusalem to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The donations were among the first items announced by the congregation as it launched an emergency fund in response to the pandemic. […]

Pope Francis attacks Hitler-style populists

Pope Francis has accused some European leaders of embracing Hitler-style populism as the world tackles the Covid-19 pandemic. The 83-year-old bishop of Rome made the controversial comments in an interview with UK-based Catholic weekly The Tablet. Speaking as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, the pope said: “At this time in Europe when we […]