The Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits, marked a “day of remembrance” on June 25 to reflect on and pray for their confreres who died of the coronavirus disease.
The Archdiocese of Calcutta in India bade its last farewell to Father John Mohandas, its judicial vicar who had played a “key role” in the administration, governance, and pastoral advancement of the archdiocese.
Networking and collaboration have helped Church organizations in India make a significant contribution to the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Detained Indian Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, known as Stan Swamy, has been granted an extended hospital stay by the Bombay High Court on June 17.
Thousands of people continue to sleep in temporary tarpaulin shelters without food in eastern India almost a month after Cyclone Yaas destroyed their homes and stored food grains.
Even as India dares to breathe easier as the infections and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic appear to be lessening, an invisibilized community of leprosy patients are doubly disadvantaged.
Workers of India's tea gardens in the northeastern state of Assam, already stressed for lack of regular wages, found themselves in greater danger as an unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 infections were discovered from three tea estates in Kalain block near the Assam border with Mizoram state.
The Bombay High Court has ordered prison authorities on Friday, May 28, to immediately transfer detained Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, known as Stan Swamy, to a private hospital.
