Nirmala Carvalho

Madhya Pradesh Hindu fundamentalists post a video claiming that a health worker invites people to pray to Jesus to save themselves from the pandemic. President of the Global Council of Indian Christians: "Artfully constructed false accusations against a person who puts their life at risk for that of others".

The priests and religious affected in a higher percentage than the rest of the population. The capuchin Fr. Mathew who is collecting the data: "Many even the 40-year-olds. Many nuns who died from the pandemic worked in rural areas where there is no adequate health care".

Two ventilators and two oxygen concentrators arrived recently at St Joseph's, the diocesan hospital in one of the most COVID-19-affected rural areas. “Every home is affected by this sickness and people have no money to treat themselves,” Archbishop Gonsalves said.

The 84-year-old Jesuit, who has been in prison since October, was taken to a public hospital after his condition was reported. Despite the symptoms compatible with Covid-19, he was still subjected to the vaccination. His immediate release for health reasons.

Dozens of people lost in the storm that crossed the Arabian Sea. On the west coast 24 deaths and serious damage. Mgr. Alwyn Barreto, bishop of Sindhudurg: "We are mobilizing to stay close to the affected families".

The pandemic is spreading in the Taloja penitentiary, where the 84-year-old Jesuit has been incarcerated for seven months. Inmates would not be provided with adequate assistance. His confrere Fr. Shantanam: "He has fever and a cold, they denied him the vaccination. The hope that prison does not become like Auschwitz".

The rising number of deaths caused by the pandemic is causing tensions involving Catholic cemeteries. For Sajan K George (Global Council of Indian Christians), burial rights cannot be denied. Despite international aid, people continue to die from a lack of oxygen supplies at a Goa hospital.

The archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar presided over the rite of entrustment to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the house of the Sisters of Mother Teresa. Archbishop John Barwa: "We ask for the end of Covid-19 for her intercession and we remain close to the least even in sickness".

Over a hundred corpses carried by the current in the Buxar district after being in the water for days. According to local authorities they are from Uttar Pradesh, where there is no longer room in the crematoria. WARNING: the article contains images that may hurt the sensitivity of some readers

The Archbishop of Bombay takes stock of the mobilisation with Caritas India. About a thousand Catholic hospitals are “at the forefront”. The Church is “coordinating financial aid to buy more ventilators” and “our schools will operate as isolation and quarantine centres; our institutions as vaccination centres”.

The prelate, 65, died after struggling with the disease for a month. His death follows that of Archbishop Emeritus Antony Anandarayar, of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.

In the last 24 hours the country has reached a new record of 412,262 new infections and almost 4 thousand victims with a rapid increase in Karnataka. Archbishop Peter Machado: "We open up our facilities to patients who need assistance".