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Southeast Asian MPs slam Myanmar executions

Parliamentarians from Southeast Asian nations have strongly condemned the execution of four political prisoners by Myanmar’s military junta as an “act of judicial barbarism.” Myanmar’s state media announced that the death sentences of four prisoners were carried out on an unspecified date at Insein Prison in Yangon. They were the first such executions in the […]

Sundarbans ban leaves Bangladesh communities reeling

The Bangladesh government’s ban on access to the Sundarbans forest has left those who earn their living from the world’s largest stretch of mangroves in hardship amid a lack of promised compensation. The Forest Department has banned the issuing of passes and permits to enter the Sundarbans for June- August. The move covers fishing, crab […]

Indonesian Catholic mother sustains faith, struggles for rights

For 87-year-old Thresiamma, nothing works without the blessing of Jesus. As Maria Yuliana Farida carried the freshly harvested cocoa fruit in a basket into the backyard of her home, she murmured: “If one of these is damaged, we will have less to eat next week.” The cocoa fruit harvested in the June-July season in Indonesia’s […]

Bishops must be good listeners, says nun at Vatican who helps select them

While the perfect Bishop does not exist, he does have to be a person who knows how to get others involved in the life of the church and to listen to everyone, including those with whom he may disagree, said a new member of the Dicastery for Bishops. French Salesian Sister Yvonne Reungoat told Vida […]

Mexican parish to remember victims of violence with 130,000 candles

A Mexican parish will remember the victims of violence in the country with 130,000 candles to be lit the night of July 30, as part of the Day of Prayer for Peace called by the Mexican Bi-shops’ Conference. In a video message, Father Alberto Medel, pastor of Our Father Parish in the Diocese of Xochimilco, […]

“We are not a colony, …but a free, independent state.” Zelenskyy says on Ukrainian Statehood Day

Ukrainians will fight for their statehood to the last and will not stop until they liberate the last meter of Ukrainian land, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address for Ukrainian Statehood Day July 28. The day marks the 988 baptism of “Kyivan Rus,” the origin of Christianity in the region, but this is […]

Sydney McLaughlin gives ‘all the glory to God’ after smashing another world record in hurdles

Olympic track and field gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin, who broke her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships on July 23 in Oregon, is using her time in the limelight to share her Christian faith. After smashing her previous record set a month ago, she gave all credit to God in […]

Six years after grisly murder, France remembers Father Jacques Hamel

Six years after Father Jacques Hamel was murdered by knife-wielding terrorists while celebrating Mass at his parish church in northern France, locals gathered to commemorate his life and to pray. “We enter into prayer where Jacques fell, victim of the madness of men,” Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen said at the suburban Rouen church of […]