Archbishop Seeks Local Help As Indian Govt Blocks Foreign Aid
Voters Abstain From Polls In India’s Christian-majority State
Pope Francis Will Be In Southeast Asia And Oceania From 2 To 13 September
Over Taxation Of Kenyans: A Matter Of Concern, Says The Kenya Conference Of Catholic Bishops
Cardinal Parolin On Pope Francis’ Pontificate: No Reversals On Reforms
Holy See Urges Solidarity And Action For Ethiopia’s Humanitarian Crisis
Earth Day: Pope Francis Urges Responsibility For Our Common Home
Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible
Cardinal Oswald Gracias said his “heart wept” upon hearing the news that 15 migrant workers were crushed to death on May 8 after falling asleep on railway tracks in Aurangabad, which is in India’s Maharashtra State.
One more person was hospitalized in the incident, and four others were treated for shock. The police said the migrants, who were headed to Madhya Pradesh in central India, apparently chose to walk on railway tracks to avoid the highway, where they risked getting stopped by authorities enforcing India’s COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown. Police said the men likely thought the trains weren’t running, due to the lockdown.
Millions of internal migrants – most of the day labourers with little savings – were trapped far from home with little money when the lockdown was declared on March 24 with just a few hours’ notice. “I received this news with immense sorrow,” Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay and President of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of India (CBCI), told Crux.
Leave a Comment