Tag: India
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Nuns and archbishop hit as India’s Covid-19 cases spiral
BHOPHAL (UCAN): Archbishop Bernard Moras, the retired of ordinary of Bangalore, and 12 nuns working…
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Rise in human trafficking amid Covid-19 pandemic
VATICAN (CNS): As governments and world leaders struggle to contain the Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, they must also work harder Read more
Italy goes back to church post-lockdown
VATICAN (CNS): Bishops will need to help their communities participate more in parish life and return to taking part in Read more
In the same storm but not all in same boat
VATICAN (CNS): Humana Communitas’ in the Age of Pandemic, a new, eight-page reflection the Pontifical Academy for Life, notes that Read more
Duterte’s SONA address less than inspiring
MANILA (SE): On July 27, Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) spending about Read more
Call for action as hunger rate rises
VATICAN (CNS): Monsignor Fernando Chica Arellano, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) called Read more
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Church in Kerala allows cremation of Covid-19 victims
THRISSUR (UCAN): Breaking a centuries-old tradition, the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church allowed cremation of Catholics who…
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Catholic charity feeds a multitude in time of lockdown in India
‘Humanity is one—if we don’t support each other in a disaster, we don’t belong to it’ Father George Kannamthanam This Read more
India’s hasty Covid-19 lockdown made crisis worse
NEW DEHLI (UCAN): “I think the government could not anticipate the present scenario. The decision on lockdown was very quick, Read more
Church in Kerala offers hospitals in fight against Covid-19
INDIA (UCAN): Church officials in Kerala, India, the area worst-hit by the Covid-19 coronavirus, offered their vast network of healthcare Read more
South Asia’s ticking Covid-19 time bomb
Rock Ronald Rozario The Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic might have hit South Asia a little late, but the damage has Read more
Syro-Malabar Church gets basilica in Rome
KOCHI (UCAN): The Vatican handed over the historically significant Santa Anastasia Minor Basilica in Rome to India’s Syro-Malabar Church as Read more
Anti-Christian policy should end bishops says
NEW DELHI (UCAN): The synod of India’s eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church has appealed to the Kerala state government to end Read more
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India’s hasty Covid-19 lockdown made crisis worse
NEW DEHLI (UCAN): “I think the government could not anticipate the present scenario. The decision…
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India’s Covid-19 fight hampered by industrial accidents
MUMBAI (UCAN): India’s fight against Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) hit a major hurdle following three industrial accidents, including a major gas Read more
Catholic charity feeds a multitude in time of lockdown in India
‘Humanity is one—if we don’t support each other in a disaster, we don’t belong to it’ Father George Kannamthanam This Read more
India exemplifies problems facing Southeast Asia as Covid-19 spreads
South and Southeast Asia have a combined population of over two billion people and India could be an example of Read more
India passes law to protect ‘corona warriors’
NEW DELHI (UCAN): On April 22, the federal government of India passed an amendment to the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, Read more
Philippine’s jeepney drivers beg to resume work
MANILA (UCAN): “We are very disappointed that we cannot resume operations despite the fact that we are very much ready Read more
Philippine police shoot and kill quarantine violator in Manila
MANILA (UCAN): Retired Phlippine Army corporal, Winston Ragos who was killed by a policeman near a quarantine checkpoint in Quezon Read more
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Rain and floods compound Covid-19 problems in Assam
GUWAHATI (UCAN): “We are facing an unprecedented situation after floodwater entered the houses of people…
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Church in Kerala allows cremation of Covid-19 victims
THRISSUR (UCAN): Breaking a centuries-old tradition, the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church allowed cremation of Catholics who have died from of the Read more
India’s hasty Covid-19 lockdown made crisis worse
NEW DEHLI (UCAN): “I think the government could not anticipate the present scenario. The decision on lockdown was very quick, Read more
Anger as migrants workers sprayed with chemicals
NEW DEHLI (UCAN): Church leaders, activists and political parties in India’s capital, New Dehli, expressed shock at reports of migrant Read more
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Anger as migrants workers sprayed with chemicals
NEW DEHLI (UCAN): Church leaders, activists and political parties in India’s capital, New Dehli, expressed…
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Terminated workers need help says sister
HONG KONG (SE): Sister Corazon Demetillo, director of the Diocesan Pastoral Centre for Filipinos, called on employers to offer support Read more
A place to rest first and talk later
HONG KONG (SE): “But for the pandemic, it would not have ended up like this. But I believe my employer Read more
Pioneer of Filipino groups returns to God
G loria Molo, a supportive member of Simbayanan-KAMMPI since it was set up in 1999, passed away in the Philippines on Read more
Southeast Asia’s migrant workers face Covid-19 tragedy
Michael Sainsbury In Singapore, the surprise recent spike in Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infections and then deaths has fixed the global Read more
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