The first mass funeral was held in Sri Lanka on 23rd April as the country marks a day of mourning for the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 350 people. The mass funeral was held at the St Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, which was one...
In Bangladesh, where Sunday is not a holiday, Easter was celebrated as a holiday for the first time in 30 years. This was largely the effort of Gloria Jharna Sarker, the first Catholic woman parliamentarian chosen in the last elections who fought to have the rights of...
Pope Francis and religious leaders across Asia have expressed their Christian unity and condolences after the terror attacks in Sri Lanka that killed above 350 people on Easter Sunday. The Pope used his Easter Sunday address to the faithful in St Peter’s Square in...
Noman is a 20 year-old Catholic living in Karachi, Pakistan. In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need he talks about the discrimination and mistreatment he experienced at school because of his Christian faith. Here is Noman’s story: “I am a first-year student of...
In Goa a Catholic priest apologised to the poll authorities for a hate speech urging people not to vote for the BJP, Goa’s Arch-bishop Filipe Neri Ferrao urged voters not to cast their ballot for those candidates who “corrupt, communalize, exploit and divide.” In his...
