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Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, a school for Nepal’s marginalized

On mission in a very poor area of western Nepal. With a big dream that is taking its first steps: that of opening a school in Dhangadhi to give a future to the children of those living in this extreme periphery at the foot of the Himalayas. This is the missionary frontier of Fr. Ajo […]

Vicar of Anatolia warns that the Christian community is at ‘great risk’ after the earthquake

The Christian community “is at great risk” and still reeling from the quake of 6 February. Amid “great desperation”, only a handful of Christians are left in places like Antakya (Antioch), the core of the devastation, this according to Bishop Paolo Bizzeti, vicar of Anatolia. In Turkey’s quake-ravaged regions, everything has to be rebuilt from […]

Report accuses former President Rajapaksa of obstructing mass grave investigations

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is accused of tampering with police records to obstruct investigations into mass graves discovered in an area where he served as a military officer during a Marxist rebellion in 1989. The charges are contained in a report entitled ‘Mass Graves and Failed Exhumations’ publish-ed by a number of activist […]

Philippines against US request to let 50,000 Afghan refugees in the country

Some Philippine government officials and politicians are opposed to a US request to temporarily host about 50,000 Afghan refugees before they are moved to the United States. “While the proposed arrangement is humanitarian in nature, it will not involve the admission or hosting of Afghan refugees,” said the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in a […]

Church arson reported in India’s strife-torn Manipur state

A more than five decades old Catholic Church, presby-tery, and boarding school were burned down, while a convent was taken over by suspected outlaws in riot-hit Manipur state in northeastern India at the weekend, Church officials said. The fresh wave of violence erupted on June 4 as the federal government appointed a three-member judicial commission […]

India court says Catholics can sue diocese over language used in Mass

A state court in south-western India has ruled that lay Catholics may sue their local diocese over its refusal to offer Mass and other forms of prayer and worship in the local language of Konkani. The High Court in the state of Karnataka decreed May 26 that civil courts have jurisdiction to hear the case, […]

Involve in nation’s burning issues, Indian Catholic religious told

The head of India’s Catholic religious has urged her more than 130,000 people to get out of their comfort zones and play their prophetic role as the country faces burning and critical issues. “I am writing this letter to share with you my concern at the many serious happenings in different parts of the country,” […]

Hindu radicals threaten to close two Delhi archdiocesan churches

Some rightwing Hindu groups have threatened to close two churches of the archdiocese of Delhi that covers the national capital and parts of Haryana state. The latest incident happened June 4 at St Joseph Vaz Catholic Mission Church, Kherki Daula in Gurugram (Gurgaon) district, Shashi Dharan, the archdiocesan public relations officer, told Matters India. Just […]