After years of diplomatic stalemate, Myanmar has agreed to receive an initial group of 5,000 Rohingya refugees currently in Malaysia, with more expected to follow. For a country that has hosted tens of thousands of Rohingya over decades despite not being a...
Mount Kailash is sacred to Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. They came to the Himalayas seeking spiritual renewal, drawn by Tibet’s sacred, snow-capped Mount Kailash. Instead, many pilgrims were caught in deadly floods that tore through the Nepal-Tibet region, wiping...
Ethnic Garo Christian families came under a mob attack in Sherpur district on Aug. 12 About 200 mostly ethnic minority Christians joined a protest rally in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka demanding a judicial probe into a recent mob attack on Garo Christian villagers. The...
Migrants remain vulnerable to exploitation, modern slavery, challenging the Church to defend their dignity and freedom. How easily can an exploited migrant worker become a victim of modern slavery? On Aug. 23, the world marked the International Day for the...
Komal Maria, 23, walks smoothly through the metal detector at the entrance to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lahore, a northern city regarded as Pakistan’s cultural capital. She routinely presents her purse for inspection, placing her phone in the tray and her keys...
