CNEWA launches appeal to help Indian churches respond to COVID-19 crisis
CNEWA launches appeal to help Indian churches respond to COVID-19 crisis
Men wearing protective suits stand next to the body of their relative, who died after contracting COVID-19, before her cremation at a crematorium ground in New Delhi May 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Danish Siddiqui, Reuters)
By: Catholic News Service
Date: May 4, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) Catholic Near East Welfare Association has launched an emergency campaign to help India’s local churches respond to the escalating COVID-19 crisis, announced Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, CNEWA president.
“We cannot watch this catastrophe unfold and not share the heartbreak and feel the need to help,” Msgr. Vaccari wrote in an appeal to donors.
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Agency launches appeal to help India’s response to COVID-19
Pranav Mishra, 19, is helped by his relatives to place the body of his mother Mamta Mishra, 45, who died after contracting the COVID-19 on a pyre for her cremation at a crematorium ground in New Delhi May 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Danish Siddiqui, Reuters)
By Catholic News Service • Posted May 5, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) Catholic Near East Welfare Association has launched an emergency campaign to help India’s local churches respond to the escalating COVID-19 crisis, announced Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, CNEWA president.
“We cannot watch this catastrophe unfold and not share the heartbreak and feel the need to help,” Msgr. Vaccari wrote in an appeal to donors.
Chandy, Chennithala meet church leaders, Surendran hold talks with Sabarimala tantri
As the pre-election scene hots up in the State, leading political parties are now cosying up to religious and caste organisations in Central Travancore region with an eye on the vote bank.
When the BJP’s Vijay Yatra reached Chengannur in Alappuzha on Thursday, party State president K. Surendran reached out to the family of the Sabarimala tantri, which holds a special place among the Hindu upper castes in Central Kerala.
During the visit, Mr. Surendran held discussions with Kandararu Rajeevaru, the reigning tantri (chief priest) of the hill shrine and congratulated him for taking an upright stance during the Sabarimala protests.