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Chinese communist officials remove crosses from two church buildings

Communist authorities in territory covered by the Anhui Diocese removed crosses from the top of two church buildings, sources told ucanews.com April 27. The sources said they fear more such actions. Authorities removed the cross of Our Lady of the Rosary Church April 18, said a man ucanews.com identified only as “John, a source in […]

South Korean Catholics resume church services

Catholic churches in South Korea have resumed community prayers, maintaining strict precautions of social distancing as they gathered for worship after a gap of two months. With Cheongju and Jeonju dioceses resuming public services on April 28, at least 12 of the 16 dioceses in the country have resumed public worship, which was stopped around […]

Asian Cardinal calls for global ceasefire to fight Covid-19

President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar has joined the call of the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and Pope Francis, for a global cease-fire to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement released in Yangon on 22 April 2020 Cardinal Bo addressed the situation in his […]

Land disputes imperil Bangladeshi Christians

For nearly a decade now, Sumon Gomes has seen how his family’s peaceful coexistence with paternal uncles and cousins has come to an end over a land dispute. Gomes, 35, is a Catholic father and private jobholder in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. He hails from Nawabganj, about 40 kilometers from Dhaka, where his grandfather owned 20 […]

Pakistan condemned for violations of religious freedom

A US government watchdog has recommended the State Department designate Pakistan as a “country of particular concern” for engaging in systematic, on-going and egregious violations of religious freedom. After documenting developments during 2019, the commission pinpointed 14 countries. These include nine that the State Department designated as of particular concern in December 2019 — Myanmar, […]

Pay Workers Full Salaries For March-April: Cardinal Gracias

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, has urged his priests to pay full salaries of March and April to those working in archdiocesan institutions. “After consulting our bishops and the Finance Office, I am directing that the March and April salaries be paid in full even though our workers have not been coming due to […]

Indian Nuns Spark In Covid-19 Darkness

A large number religious women is in the forefront of the Catholic Church’s humanitarian works among those affected by the nationwide lockdown. Amrat Talitha Kum India, or just Amrat, is one of the largest networks of women religious engaged in anti-human trafficking activities. It has members from 76 women religious congregations working in various parts […]

US religious freedom commission highlights India in annual report

Abuse of Muslims, Christians, and other minorities in India drew the attention of a federal religious freedom watchdog in its annual report released on April 28 by U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). USCIRF is a bipartisan federal commission that studies religious persecution and adverse circumstances facing religious minorities around the world, and makes […]