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American evangelist attracts thousands in Vietnam

An estimated 14,000 Christians in southern Vietnam attended a historic religious event organized by an American evangelist association in Ho Chi Minh City. People including government officials from the city and neighbouring provinces attended the Spring Love Festival held by the US-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association at the Phu Tho Sports Facility on Mar. 4-5. […]

No government can stop good works: Bangalore archbishop

Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore says the Church will continue to do its good works without fear. “Even if a case is filed against me, accusing me of indulging in conversion, for providing education and healthcare to the Dalits and the marginalized, I would continue with those good works,” Archbishop Machado asserted. The archbishop is […]

Ecolink awards outstanding women

An institute that trains addiction professionals globally has honored two of its alumna who have excelled in prevention and management of substance use disorder in Africa and India. Ecolink Training Institute, which has trained more than 300 addiction professionals from 20 countries in the past three years, awarded Odireleng Kasale, a recovery professional from Botswana, […]

Ban demanded on play “insulting” Catholic monastic life

Catholic bishops of the southern Indian state of Kerala have demanded a ban on a stage show that they say insults Ca-tholic monastic life and Chri-stianity. “The communist organiza-tions are giving huge publicity for the drama,” says a state-ment issued by the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), referring to the Ma-layalam play, “Kakkukali” that describes […]

Christians slam ban on healing prayers in northeast India

Christians in a northeast Indian state are opposing a ban on organizing and publicizing healing prayer events, saying it violates the constitutional right to practice their religion. Authorities in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district issued an order on Feb. 28 banning all kinds of “prayer healing, healing crusades, healing through the local priest, pujas [ritual […]