Devotees remember Venerable Agnelo on his death anniversary

Devotees flocked to shrines dedi-cated to Venerable Agnelo in various places in India on his 96th death anniversary. “Venerable Agnelo is an inspi-ration for Catholics in their journey of faith,” said Cardinal Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão, president of the Conference...

Telangana’s “Buffalo-Sister” to strengthen democracy

Frustrated with the pervasive and paralyzing levels of unemployment in the state of Telangana, in southern India, and with no real hope of finding an employment in the near future, Karne Sirisha, a graduate woman, chose to graze buffaloes, and thereby to support her...

Tribal man’s Catholic faith helps him lead dignified life

Ratan Singh Masram does not remember seeing his father, who abandoned his mother a few months after he was born. His mother left him in the care of her parents. Both mother and father remarried and “practically forgot about me,” he says. Masram, a Gond tribal Catholic...

The toxic effects of food and fear mongering in Malaysia

A restaurant in Malaysia sacked an employee after a video of him wearing a crucifix at work went viral last Sunday, kicking off a public outcry. The latest mass expression of discontent linked with food could further widen the racial and religious divide in the...

China’s top patriotic bishop stresses unity, sinicization

Archbishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing stressed the importance of building unity between Chinese Catholics across the mainland and Hong Kong by promoting Catholic spirituality and evangelization efforts in line with the process of sinicization following his three-day...