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End suspicion; spread love: Mangaluru Bishop’s message to all communities

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September 15, 2018

Mangaluru, Sept 15: Peter Paul Saldhana was Saturday ordained as the 14th bishop of Mangaluru Diocese at the episcopal ordination and consecration celebration at Rosario Cathedral here.

According to tradition, outgoing bishop Aloysius Paul DSouza as the main consecrator, along with Bengaluru archbishop Peter Machado and Udupi diocese bishop Jerald Isaac Lobo as co-consecrators, ordained the new bishop.

Bishop Aloysius D’Souza anointed the new bishop with holy oil, handed over the crosier and mitre and led him to the bishop’s seat. Saldhana was then officially declared as the bishop of Mangaluru diocese.

Messenger Javier D Fernandez G Papal Nuncio to India read out the mandate from the Holy See in Latin before the consecration ceremony, while Father Joseph Martis read it same in English and Father Victor DMello in Konkani.

After the consecration, all the priests of the diocese paid honour and obedience to the new bishop.

A large number of priests from various congregations in Karnataka and other states, priests from other diocese and a huge crowd of faithfuls were present on the occasion.

‘Break walls of suspicion’

Speaking after his ordination ceremony, the new bishop expressed concern over communities building walls of suspicion, and said that there is a need of a free society where the air of love spread unhindered. “Because of the walls of suspicion, people are not in a position to respect the feelings of one another,” he said.

“The hate among us should be absorbed like a sponge and the fragrance of compassion should spread,” he said and promised to act as a bridge in cementing relations among communities.

Minister for Housing and Urban Development U.T. Khader, Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath, MLCs Ivan D’Souza and B.M. Farooq, Mayor Bhaskar K., Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh and Additional Deputy Commissioner Kumar also participated in the function.

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July 4,2020

Maryland, Jul 4: The total number of coronavirus cases worldwide has touched 11 million, according to the latest data by the Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.
More than 523,613 people have died globally due to the infection, according to the data compiled by the university.

Though the virus is believed to have emerged from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the United States is the worst-hit country from COVID-19, which was declared as a pandemic by the WHO on March 11.

At least 129,275 people have died in the US from the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University's latest tally.
There are at least 2,786,178 cases of the disease in the country. The US has the highest number of cases in the world.

The second worst-hit country is Brazil, which has reported 1,496,858 lakh cases. The country's death toll stands at 61,884.

The countries around the world including the US, India, Denmark, and Italy have started the process of lifting the lockdown by easing restrictions despite the number of cases continues to rise.

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January 16,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 16: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is holding rallies and meetings and distributing booklets across the country in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said ABVP National Secretary Harsha Narayan here on Thursday.

Speaking to media persons, he said that the CAA, which provides citizenship to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Christians persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was among the things that the ABVP was fighting for.

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July 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 5: A 50-year-old woman with breathing difficulties died on Saturday after a shortage of beds forced 12 hospitals to refuse admission.

Her husband Babu said the family had approached 12 hospitals in three days, including Victoria Hospital and other private facilities, who all slammed their doors on them, citing a shortage of beds. The woman died on Saturday, a few minutes into her admission at KC General Hospital.

Second death 

A 35-year-old man, Manjunath, also died on Saturday after enduring fever for three days and being refused admission at several hospitals due to a shortage of beds.

As his condition worsened, his wife admitted him to a private hospital on Saturday after hours of ordeal. But the man died less than 15 minutes after getting admitted. Hospital authorities took swab samples from the deceased and said the body would be handed over after the test results.

BBMP personnel also failed to shift the body of a Covid-19 patient in Kalasipalya almost a day after the death.

Despite civic workers disinfecting the place, the neighbours were in a state of panic after the body was kept at home.

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