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Pakistani Christians suffer heavy losses in deadly July floods

The unusually heavy rains and flash floods that hit Pakistan’s Balochistan province in July have left a trail of devastation for Christians and Church-run institutions. “At first we didn’t think much of the rain. However, after a week of continuous downpour, the white paint started to come off the old walls. Then the cement started crumbling […]

Nobel-laureate witch-hunt tarnishes Bangladesh’s image

Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s only Nobel laureate, renowned economist, and microfinance pioneer is hailed globally for his efforts to eradicate poverty. But at home, he is battling to save his reputation from a host of challenges stemming from a politically connected conflict with the ruling Awami League regime.

Dispute continues as Vatican names new administrator for Indian archdiocese

The Vatican has appointed an apostolic administrator for an Eastern-rite archdiocese in southern India where a decades-old liturgical dispute continues with the change in leadership. The Vatican named Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, an expert in the Eastern Catholic Code of Canon Law, to replace Archbishop Antony Kariyil, metropolitan vicar of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese. Kariyil was asked to […]

Children In India face cyberbullying: Survey

A whopping 85% of children in India have reported being cyberbullied as well as having cyberbullied someone, according to a report released by computer security soft-ware company McAfee. The India-centric findings are part of company’s global report titled ‘Cyberbullying in Plain Sight,’ a 10-country survey. It was conducted between June 15 and July 5, covering […]

Cardinal Gracias denies reports he intervened in accused bishop’s case

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, one of Pope Francis’ closest advisers, has denied reports that he sought to intervene in the case of an Indian Bishop accused of secretly fathering a child. In a video posted online August 7, Cardinal Gracias, who is the head of the Catholic Church in India, rebutted allegations he had arranged for […]

Protest in India draws 50,000 Catholics over liturgy dispute, Kariyil resignation

More than 50,000 Indian Syro-Malabar Catholics attended a protest in the southwestern city of Kochi on Sunday, demonstrating against changes that would have priests face east during parts of local Syro-Malabar Eucharistic liturgies, and opposing the recent resignation of Archbishop Antony Kariyil. Protest Aug. 7 outside Kaloor Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium. The nearly two-hour protest at […]

Misery and disease conquer Afghanistan

The heaving wards of a ramshackle clinic in southern Afghanistan are just one sign of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis that has gripped the war-ravaged country since the Taliban returned to power a year ago. Last month, the Musa Qala District Hospital in Helmand province was forced to shut its doors to all except those suffering […]

Covid, poverty force secret burials in North Korea

Extreme poverty intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing people in remote areas of communist North Korea to bury dead loved ones secretly in unmarked graves in forests at night to avoid high funeral costs, reports say. North Korea recorded “zero” new infections over the previous 24 hours and the death toll remained at 74, the […]