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India urged to halt harassment of rights activist

CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, has condemned a recent raid carried out on facilities associated with human rights defender Harsh Mander, director of the Centre for Equity Studies, and called on the Indian government to stop intimidating rights activists. On Sept. 16, the Enforcement Dire-ctorate under the Ministry of Finance conducted the raid on Mander’s […]

Indonesian archbishop attacks ‘sinning’ anti-vaxxers

People who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are sinners for endangering other people, according to an Indonesian archbishop who has been infected with the virus. “Let’s not say that I don’t need to be vaccinated. If you don’t want to be vaccinated, you are actually a sinner be-cause you will become a source of […]

Bengali Book on family released

A book on “United families source of Small Christian Communities” in Bengali was released on September 16 by Bishop Clement Tirkey of Jalpaiguri. It was released during the Regional Small Christian Communities (SCCs) meeting of West Bengal and Sikkim Region at Raiganj Pastoral Centre about 400 km north of Kolkata. This is the first Bengali […]

Corruption scandals rock Christian hospitals in Pakistan

Christian Hospital Taxila made headlines in 2002 when a grenade attack on a chapel inside killed four Christian nurses. Pope John Paul II was deeply grieved by the “reprehensible assaults on innocent life.” Established in 1922, the facility specializes in eye dis-eases and occupies 38 acres in Taxila, 40 kilometers west of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. Swedish nun […]

Nun who served special needs children in Kabul

Sister Theresa Crasta is the only woman religious from India who was rescued by the Indian government from Afghanistan in August after the Taliban captured Kabul. Crasta belongs to the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, or Sisters of Maria Bambina, an Italian congregation that was involved in […]

Latin bishops appoint coordinators for apostolates

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed coordinators for education, health, social service and media apostolates. The appointment was made during the conference’s 87 executive committee meeting held September 21-22. Salesian Father Joseph Manipadam, currently the coordinator for Education and Culture of Don Bosco Youth Animation for South Asia, is appointed the […]

Indian bishops set up bioethics forum

The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) has established a Bioethics Forum and appointed Father Christopher Vimalraj from the Archdiocese of Bangalore as its first director. Bioethics is generally understood to refer to the ethical implications and applications of the health-related life sciences. The decision to establish the Bioethics Forum was taken during the […]

Pope ‘accepts’ Afghan’s wedding ring as sign of friendship, hope

Pope Francis accepts artwork from children as he meets with families from Afghanistan prior to his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 22, 2021. The Pope met three Christian families from Afghanistan – a total of 14 people, including seven children, who fled from Afghanistan. When Pary Gul, a Christian […]