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Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen to stand trial‍

The trial for the 90-year-old cardinal and four others detained under China’s national security law will take place Sept. 19-23 At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong, a judge set a five-day trial for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four other defendants who face charges of failing to properly regis

Indian Christians stage first ‘National March for Life’

Marchers seek to raise awareness in a country that records more than 15 million abortions each year. Pro-life activists and Christians gathered to observe the first National March for Life in New Delhi on Aug. 10. The day also marked the 51st anniversary of the passing of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act which legalized […]

Indian prelate backs top court in media, judiciary spat

A Catholic archbishop has condemned media re-ports saying India’s top court was delaying the hearing of a case seeking an end to violence against Christians. “I am extremely distressed about articles in news-papers that the honorable Supreme Court, India’s top court, is not taking up the matter of attacks against Christians. There is no merit […]

Surviving India’s chronic poverty by faith alone

For Maria Yuliana Farida keeping her faith alive and fighting for her rights is now part of her daily routine. For Gabriella Minj, a tribal Catholic mother living on the outskirts of India’s capital New Delhi, survival is a daily bur-den and hope is a luxury afford-ed only by faith. The 44-year lives with her […]

Mangaluru churches organize special prayers for communal harmony

The Catholic churches in Mangaluru have organized special prayers for communal harmony as sectarian tension prevails in the southern Indian coastal city. Two Muslim and one Hindu youth were killed in separate incidents of targeted violence by extremist groups from both the communities in the last week of July in Mangaluru suburbs forcing police to […]

Goa Jesuits conclude Ignatian Year

Cardinal-elect Filipe Neri Ferrao, Archbishop of Goa and Daman, has urged Jesuits and their collaborators to listen, discern and respond to God’s call and become true followers of Christ. The cardinal-elect was speaking during a solemn Mass July 31 at Bom Jesu Basilica in Old Goa that concluded the Ignatian Year celebrations of the Jesuits […]