National

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 […]

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 […]

Goa Jesuits offer counselling service amid Covid-19

A group of Jesuits has begun a telecounseling for those distressed during the lockdown. “For most people living indoors for such an extended period of time is a new experience. It could often lead to certain disorientation, frustration or a feeling of helplessness,” Jesuit father Anderson Fernandes, one of the counsellors, told Matters India on […]

Patna Jesuit Body Distributes Food To 5,000 Dalit Hamlets

A Jesuit voluntary organization in Patna has distributed cooked meals to nearly 5,000 people in 13 Musahar hamlets in various parts of the capital city of Bihar. The Manthan (Churning) of the Patna Jesuit Society took the initiative on April 11 in view of the nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of deadly coronavirus. “We […]

50 Years A Priest, Oh What Joy! – Stan Lourd Swamy SJ

I complete 50 years as a priest today, April 14. I started off my priestly life celebrating with glow at least three Masses in as many places on Sundays. But my life’s main mission is living and sharing life with Indigenous Adivasi People. I accompany them in their struggles against forcible unjust displacement, deprival of […]

Heed PM’s call, join people’s curfew: Cardinal Gracias

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, head of the Catholic Church in India, on March 20 urged his people to cooperate wholeheartedly with the people’s curfew called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain coronavirus epidemic. Cardinal Gracias lauded the prime minister’s public appeal to India’s more than 1.3 billion people to observe a self-imposed curfew on March […]

COVID-19: Salesian university professor selected for global platform

Vikramjit Kakati, who serves as Associate Professor (Mechanical Engg) at Don Bosco University of Guwahati has been selected as one of the mentors in a Canada-based international panel to fight coronavirus pandemic. Montreal General Hospital Foundation, Canada, has launched a global Initiative to design a low-cost, simple, easy-to-use and easy-to-build ventilator that can serve the […]

Lockdown: Catholic School Reaches Out To Hungry In Delhi

A Catholic school in Delhi is feeding migrants, destitute, and elderly caught in the in nationwide lockdown to contain coronavirus. It all started with a desperate Whatsapp call Father Savariraj, the principal of Rosary School at Narela in North Delhi district, received on March 30. The priest immediately convened a meeting of the school’s teaching […]

Page 61 of 113« First «...10 20 30...59 606162 63...70 80 90...»Last »

Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity