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With black flags, Sri Lanka Christians protest bombing probe

Sri Lanka’s Christian community hoisted black flags at churches and homes on August 21 to express anger over the government’s investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks, which killed 269 people. Twenty-five people were charged last week in connection with the bombings. But the country’s Catholic Church says these could be “smaller fish,” and accuses the government […]

Pakistan province demolishes Catholic church, despite protests

A Catholic church serving more than 300 Christian families in Pakistan’s commercial capital of Karachi was demolished Aug. 24 despite resistance from a civil society group and warnings from U.N. human rights experts. The Save Karachi Movement, a group of lawyers, human rights defenders, journalists and minority activists, confirmed the demolition of St. Joseph Church […]

Missionaries of Charity and 14 disabled children from Kabul arrive at Rome airport

Religious sisters from the Missionaries of Charity and 14 disabled children from an orphanage in Afghanistan arrived safely on Aug. 25 at Rome’s international airport. A Catholic priest and five sisters from the order founded by Mother Teresa arrived on one of two evacuation flights from Kabul that landed in Rome on Aug. 25 carrying […]

Syro-Malabar synod alters order of Mass

Priests, who lead the Mass, will face the congregation for the introductory session and delivering the sermon, but for the rest the of worship, will face the tabernacle, beginning November 28, it was decided at the 29th Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church that was held online and concluded on Aug. 27 evening. This change in […]

Activists seek prevention of hate speech in India

Social activists in India have filed a plea before the Supreme Court seeking the prevention of hate speech in public places. The move comes in the wake of reported hate speeches made against Muslims by Hindu Rakshak Dal (Save Hindu Forum) at a rally in capital Delhi on Aug.8. Syeda Hameed, a former member of […]

Nun braves debilitating disease to manage “rosary bank”

Sister Rini Rose was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 26. As a result, she has become physically weak, which limits and slows down her movements. Rose made her first profession at the age of 20 as a member of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a congregation based in the […]

Extinction rebellion: Indian Catholics urged to have bigger families

Catholic bishops want Christian families in Kerala to have more children after the national census recorded a drastic decline in the community’s population in the southern Indian state. The Christian population in the state declined from 24.06% in the 1950s to 18.33% in 2011, according to the census report. “Fifty years ago Christians in the […]

Catholic press body mourns death of last surviving founder

The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) on August 26 mourned the death of its last survivor earlier in the day. Monsignor Benedict Aguiar had led the organisation as its president from 1969 to 1978. “In his death the ICPA has lost a father-figure. His long and illustrious life and legacy as priest, communicator, historian, author […]