Don Bosco Church, Lingarajapuram, a Bengaluru suburb, has reached out to those affected by the nationwide lockdown in their neighborhood. Parish priest Father Aloysius Santiago, who has led the aid work, termed the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on the Indian population as alarming and shocking, forcing people to alter their lifestyle. The middle class have adjusted to the situation, but the poor and marginalized such as migrant workers, slum dwellers, single parents, widows, elderly and children, find it as nightmare, the priest told Matters India on May 19.
From a Railway Platform to the Altar: Abandoned Child Becomes a Priest
Twenty-eight years ago, a frightened five-year-old boy was found alone at Shoranur railway station. He had no memory of his parents or a family to
