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Pakistani Christian charged with blasphemy over Facebook post‍

A 25-year-old Pakistani Christian was arrested and charged with violating the country’s blasphemy laws after sharing a social media post critical of Islam in December. Pastor Raja Warris, a Christian pastor, was charged for posting on Facebook on Dec. 22 a message that reportedly hurt the religiou

Lockdown deepened faith, Christin life: Dumka SCCs

The Small Christian Community (SCCs) members from Dumka diocese in Jharkhand shared unanimously that their faith in Christ was deepened during the lockdown. Representatives from two parishes of 13 SCC units of St Joseph’s Parish, Guhiajori village, about 10 km from Dumka town and Sacred Hear Parish in Dumka shared their experience of Christian life […]

Christ Varsity Student employs 21 youth during lockdown

A postgraduate girl student at Christ University Bangalore staying home during Covid 19 lockdown in Kochi found employment for herself and 21 other youth thanks to her language skills. From being a mere translator, she was promoted to the post of Kerala Technical Head and Coordinator and had a team of 21 technicians assisted by […]

Christ University student helps rescue 4 from sea

An 18-year-old student of Bengaluru’s Christ University used his drone to save four fishermen who floated in the sea for hours after their boat capsized. Devang Subil, a student Bachelor of Technology, had come to his home in Kerala after the corona-virus forced closure of his college.

Odisha Church’s largest holistic laity centre opened

The diocese of Berhampur in Odisha has opened the largest holistic laity centre in the eastern Indian state. Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur inaugurated the “Anugraha Peetho”(centre of grace) on December 27 at Mohana in the Gajapati district. In his address at the inaugural function, Bishop Nayak thanked the Almighty for fulfilling a “long-awaited […]

Pandemic puts squeeze on Jakarta’s parishes

The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected parish life, particularly in Jakarta Archdiocese, with the Indonesian capital recording the highest number of virus cases in the country. This, however, has forced the archdiocese’s parishes to be more creative. Indonesia has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic which first hit the country in March last year. […]