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28-year-old nun found dead on railway track

The severed body of 28-year-old nun was found on a railway tracks in Hublitwon of Karnataka. The shocking incident occurred around 3:30 am on December 4. Sister Mary Sendra Vianney of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Convent is the second child in the family of four children born to Gurushantappa and Kosumaria at […]

The Filipino fighting for a Japanese samurai’s sainthood

Historian Ernesto De Pedro with statues of Dom Justo UkonTakayama who was beatified in early 2017. As Pope Francis visits Japan, an 83-year-old Filipino historian is hoping the pontiff will recognize a Japanese samurai who once offered his life for the faith. Dom Justo UkonTakayama, or “Justus Ucondono” as missionaries fondly called him, was a […]

Tamil remember their civil war dead despite government opposition

Thousands of Tamil in northern and eastern Sri Lanka have commemorated their relatives who died during and after the country’s civil war, which lasted more than a quarter century. The main ceremonies were held last Wednesday, Maaveerar Naal (Great Heroes’ Day), as Tamils remembered those who died or went in missing in battle. The Sri […]

Mindanao rights group welcomes lifting of martial law

A human rights group in the southern Philippines has welcomed a  government statement announcing the imminent lifting of martial law across Mindanao, but it called for an international probe into alleged atrocities committed by the military while it has been in force. The group BarugKatungod (Stand for Rights) said two and a half years of […]

Islamabad, 629 child brides sold to China

At least 629 Pakistani girls sold as enslaved brides to Chinese husbands. This is the official number of the recent phenomenon of trafficking in women from the South Asian country to the Chinese giant. This was revealed by an investigation by the Associated Press, which managed to have the original reports of the complaints filed […]

Christian children given Islamic names in Pakistan to avoid abuse: bishop

Christian parents in Muslim-majority Pakistan are giving their children Islamic names to protect them from religious abuse at school, according to a local bishop. Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad has told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need that families belonging to minority faiths feared their children would be targeted for discrimination. “Many minorities […]