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Church Distributes 10,000 Milk Packets To Poor In Punjab

Catholics in a Punjab city have taken the lead to help the poor and needy during the nationwide lockdown. On April 17, the top police officer of Muktsar district launched a Church project to distribute 10,000 milk packets and vitamin tablets to people in their neighborhood S Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu, the district’s Senior Superintendent […]

Odisha Church mourns renowned Catholic poet’s death

Catholics in Odisha have mourned the death of Malakias Nayak, a renowned poet who wrote Odiya liturgical hymns and prayers. Nayak died on April 24 in his residence at Bodopada of Gajapati district of Odisha. He was 75. He hailed from Aligonda parish of Berhampur diocese. The writer had under-gone a brain surgery a few […]

Andhra Pradesh to give 5,000 rupees to places of worship

Amravati, April 22, 2020: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on April 20 announced that all places of worship in the state would be given 5,000-rupee assistance. He made this announcement during a video conference with the District Collectors and Muslim religious leaders on the measures being taken to contain COVID-19. He thanked […]

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 […]

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 […]

Eviction-facing Indian Catholics to fight Muslim charity’s claims

Goans oppose tourism project near 16th century basilica