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Helping resettle Afghans fits ‘mission’ of Nashville Catholic Charities

Over the course of the next six months, Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Nashville will help resettle 150 Afghans into local communities as part of the effort to help them escape Taliban rule under the U.S. State Department’s Afghan Placement Assistance Program. “We serve people because we can address their needs, and addressing the […]

Pakistani clerics oppose anti-forced conversion bill

Muslim clerics in Pakistan are voicing opposition to a draft bill that would only allow “mature people” to change their religion. The top trend on Twitter in Pakistan on Sept.15 was “#Islam mukhalif bill na manzoor [reject anti-Islam bill],” as a debate on the bill aimed at stopping forced religious conversions raged in the media. Opponents […]

Indian Catholics help Myanmar Christian refugees

The Catholic Church in India’s Mizoram state has joined other Christian denominations and youth associations in assisting Christian refugees fleeing unrest in Myanmar. According to media reports, over the past six months thousands of Christians from Myanmar have sought refuge in Christian-dominated Mizoram after the military junta intensified its crackdown on rebels in Chin state bordering India. […]

Pope: Afghanistan, as Christians we cannot remain indifferent

The Pope is calling for “intensified prayer and fasting” for Afghanistan, which he follows with “great concern”. “As Christians,” he said at the Angelus, “in historical moments like these we cannot remain indifferent.” Francis expressed his sympathy “for those who mourn for the victims of the suicide attacks,” asking that “we continue to assist those […]

Vicar of Arabia on the Synod of a migrant Church in a Muslim land

Bp Paul Hinder, Apostolic Vicar of southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen) and Apostolic Administrator of the vacant seat of northern Arabia (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain) issued a pastoral letter ahead of the 2023 Synod. In it, he writes: “As a Church of migrants amidst a Muslim society, comprising the faithful […]

Philippine diocese gives cemetery space to non-Catholics

An archdiocese in the Philippines has begun allowing non-Catholics to be buried in Catholic cemeteries due to the scarcity of vacant burial lots brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Cebu province in the central Philippines has recorded 38,088 Covid cases including 1,193 deaths, according to the latest government figures. The island is also recording a […]

Vocations to priesthood and consecrated life

78 new priests were ordained, and about 250 men and women religious professed their perpetual vows during the summer of 2021: these vocations are good news and a sign of hope for the Church of Vietnam, in the midst of a difficult time for the nation, marked by the fourth wave of Covid-19. In the […]

Webinar studies how Islam, Christianity shape world

A webinar heard a world re-nowned Jesuit Islamic scholar ex-pounding how Islam and Christia-nity now shape the world. The August 29 program on “Political Religion: How Islam and Christianity Shape the World” was webinar jointly organized by the Institute of Dialogue between Reli-gions and Cultures, Loyola College, Chennai and Islamic Studies Asso-ciation, Delhi. Father Felix […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity