The Catholic community in Raishahi has not forgotten the PIME missionary who was shot to death by bandits on 14 August 1972 at a time when he was helping war refugees returning from India. His legacy includes the St Joseph’s School and College he had founded in Bonpara together with Fr Verdelli, which today has more than 2,000 students.
The Catholic community in Raishahi has not forgotten the PIME missionary who was shot to death by bandits on 14 August 1972 at a time when he was helping war refugees returning from India. His legacy includes the St Joseph’s School and College he had founded in Bonpara together with Fr Verdelli, which today has more than 2,000 students.
In the first week of August, junta troops torched 500 homes in 10 villages in the Sagaing region, the scene of major clashes between the military and groups opposed to the February 2021 coup.
Following in the footsteps of John Paul II, Francis is set visit the former Soviet republic from 13 to 15 September to take part in the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
Concerned about the growth of certain religious groups, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, government and Muslim clerical leaders are working together to stop the trend. Officially, there is no persecution.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A young Bangladeshi woman, Jaeda Akhter, was trapped by an international human trafficking gang and taken to India in late 2020.
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) highlights the challenge of insecurity in the world’s most populous black nation, amid persistent attacks and killings of Christians in Benue state.
The 64-year-old, who hails from Odisha, was elected by a wide margin with the support of the BJP. Archbishop Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar told AsiaNews that he hopes she “will raise her voice for tribals and uphold constitutional values.”
Hanoi (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The authorities in the Vietnamese capital cut off power to a building hosting a seminar on Ukraine last Saturday.
Prohibitive prices for the vast majority of the population. Sale of meat and bread rationed. To eat, Turkmen people have to buy food permits. By law, the minimum wage in the country is set at 298 euro a month.
In its 2021 Report, the international Talitha Kum network documents an increase in human trafficking victims, but evidences the religious sisters' network's always greater and more global effort to concretely fight, prevent and bring awareness to the scourge.
The archbishop of Bangalore and other Christian groups filed a plea, accepted by the Supreme Court, noting that in May alone, 57 attacks were reported on places of worship and other Church-related facilities. The “government machinery [. . .] can control the fringe elements,” Archbishop Peter Machado told AsiaNews.
On 22 June, an international delegation of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) met with Pope Francis to offer a facsimile of an original text of Adolf Hitler dated 1919 espousing the destruction of the Jewish people.
Wishma Sandamali, who was detained for visa violation, died from untreated medical conditions. The Public Prosecutors Office dismissed her family’s complaint, saying that it found no grounds to indict immigration officials for negligence. Her family has filed a request for a review.
In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria, decries the stoning and burning alive of a Christian student as an example of a country suffering a scourge of bad government and insecurity, targeting Christians and Muslims alike.
With the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium," the structures of some Vatican structures are changing. The new Dicastery for Culture and Education was born from the merger of the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Cambodian monks look at skulls displayed at the Choeung Ek killing fields memorial in Phnom Penh. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge launched a four-year pursuit of a communist utopia leading to the deaths of up to two million people through overwork, starvation and execution.
London (The Muslim News): Turkey appears set to restore full diplomatic relations with Israel in a move that could come as early as this week following a surprise visit by President Isaac Herzog to Ankara less than three weeks ago.
Catholics in Estonia are rallying around their Eastern European brothers and sisters in Ukraine, and praying for peace and an end to the Russian invasion.
The Cardinal Secretary of State after the Russian attack on Ukraine: "There is still time for goodwill and negotiation".
Ahead of the May 9, 2022, general election, the CBCP and the NCCP are urging Filipinos to vote for genuine candidates with “servant leadership” qualities.
Egypt's parliament is set to approve new legislation drafted in collaboration with local Christian Churches regarding on the personal legal status of Christians in the country.
A cardinal said on Monday that he was grateful to be honored by Queen Elizabeth II in the British monarch’s annual New Year’s list.
On 6 November 1961, with a Latin radio message from Pope John XXIII, Vatican Radio began regular daily broadcasts in several languages, including Arabic and Swahili.
In telegram sent through Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, Pope Francis expresses his spiritual closeness to all affected by a fire at a Covid isolation ward of al-Hussein hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq.
In his telegram of condolences following the assassination of the President of Haiti, Pope Francis condemns all forms of violence as a means of resolving crises and conflicts.
The Zimbabwe Catholic Commission for the Laity (ZCCL) through the Catholic Professionals Network of Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to conserve the environment in the spirit of Laudato Si’.
The permanent representative of the Holy See to the OSCE, Monsignor Janusz Urbańczyk, recommends joint efforts in tackling the deep-rooted causes of trafficking in persons through promoting policies capable of guaranteeing work for everyone, while respecting their human dignity.
Pope Francis leads the Holy Rosary in the Vatican Gardens at the conclusion of the “Marathon of Prayer” for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resumption of work and social activities.