Despite her advancing years and having to walk with the aid of a stick, she continues to help dozens of lonely elderly people from various religious backgrounds at a home she runs in Purwokerto, in Central Java. Sister Indrawati of the Daughters of Mary and Joseph...
A group of Christians was attacked in West Bengal by Hindu fanatics during a prayer meeting at the home of a Church member, Shibu Thomas speaking told AsiaNews. Thomas is the founder of Persecution Relief, an organisation that defends Christians from persecution in...
India’s largest forum for Protestant and Orthodox Churches on March 24 launched weeklong prayers for a new government. “Constitutionally, the Indian state cannot have any appeasement to any religion whether majority or minority. The contemporary tendency to polarize...
Brexit’son-going political and economic uncertainty was the focus of the St Patrick’s Day message of Archbishop Eamon Martin, the Primate of All Ireland. The United Kingdom’s impending departure from the United Kingdom is especially affecting the island of Ireland as...
According to a new poll, 46% of US Catholics say the global persecution of Christians is “very severe”—an increase of more than 16% compared to a year ago; and 58% of US Catholics say they are “very concerned” about the plight of their fellow faith ful—a figure up by...
