The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has honoured an Indian Claretian priest for his two decades of service. Fr Joseph Koonamparampil received insignia of honour from Card. Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the congregation. The occasion also marked the...
The communist regime of China, the world’s most populous country of 1.4 billion people, announced on May 31 that it will allow married couples to have up to three children. The decision came from the Politburo, the highest policy-making body of the Chinese Communist...
Caritas Pakistan Karachi under its Smallholder Adaptive Project launched its “Acre for Women” campaign to empower smallholder female farmers in the remote villages of Gharo and Gadap on the city’s outskirts. The female farmers are owners of one-acre plots where they...
A priest from Loikaw Diocese in eastern Myanmar’s Kayah state has called for an end to attacks on religious buildings following military assaults on three Catholic churches within the space of two weeks. “We appeal to armed groups not to deploy troops, attack and burn...
Christians in Indonesia have increasingly become the target of terrorist attacks, with the latest plots being aimed at a Catholic archbishop and several churches in the Papua region. Extremist groups, one after the other, are trying to send a message, particularly...
