A health worker walks through an Ebola quarantine unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo Catholics condemn killing of protestors by police
Thousands of Catholics marched in solidarity with those protesting a multi-million euro copper-processing unit in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on May 27 after an earlier showdown with police left 13 dead.
The demonstrators’ clashes with security officials last week resulted in officers opening fire. At least four Catholics were killed, according to media reports. One Catholic priest was also injured.
Some five days later all of the parishes belonging to Madras-Mylapore Archdiocese, which covers the state capital of Chennai, conducted meetings and marches in their areas condemning the police brutality in the port town of Tuticorin, a Christian centre in coastal Tamil Nadu.
Priest contracts Ebola in Africa
A Catholic priest has contracted the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid a continuing outbreak that began in the nation earlier this month.
The priest, whose name was not released, serves in the eastern diocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro, which has around one million residents. Medical sources said that the priest who tested positive for Ebola has been quarantined.
The Catholic priest joins more than 50 other individuals in the nation infected with Ebola, according to new statistics released by the Congolese Health Ministry.