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Carmelites’ 5-bed clinic in Gujarat expands outside for COVID-19 patients

When some 30 people thronged a church-managed clinic run by three Carmelite sisters in the western Indian state of Gujarat early April 7, Sr. Lisset Vadakkekara saw it as an unusual sign to bear witness to her role as a Catholic nun and a follower of Christ in a predominantly Hindu area. Vadakkekara, a member […]

Study estimates 1.21 million Indians have died from Covid-19

It was three weeks ago when journalists combing obituary pages in Prime Minister Na-rendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat found authorities were concealing Covid-19 deaths that people started asking hard questions about the real number of Indian coronavirus fatalities. Now, epidemiologists and scientists around the world are struggling to solve the question. The latest to […]

Indian Claretian receives Vatican honour

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has honoured an Indian Claretian priest for his two decades     of service. Fr Joseph Koonamparampil received insignia of honour from Card. Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the congregation. The occasion also marked the Father Koonamparampil’s golden jubilee in the Claretian congregation.

China’s new child policy means more babies but no freedom

The communist regime of China, the world’s most populous country of 1.4 billion people, announced on May 31 that it will allow married couples to have up to three children. The decision came from the Politburo, the highest policy-making body of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), chaired by President Xi Jinping. It signals a major […]

Caritas empowers female farmers in remote Pakistani villages

Caritas Pakistan Karachi under its Smallholder Adaptive Project launched its “Acre for Women” campaign to empower smallholder female farmers in the remote villages of Gharo and Gadap on the city’s outskirts. The female farmers are owners of one-acre plots where they grow vegetables for their self-sufficiency to fight against malnutrition and hunger. Caritas Karachi formed […]

Myanmar Church calls for end to attacks on places of worship

A priest from Loikaw Diocese in eastern Myanmar’s Kayah state has called for an end to attacks on religious buildings following military assaults on three Catholic churches within the space of two weeks. “We appeal to armed groups not to deploy troops, attack and burn down places of worship such as temples, mosques and churches […]

Indonesian Christians must always be on their guard

Christians in Indonesia have increasingly become the target of terrorist attacks, with the latest plots being aimed at a Catholic archbishop and several churches in the Papua region. Extremist groups, one after the other, are trying to send a message, particularly among Muslim communities, by attacking Christians. Last month the Islamic State-linked Jemaah Ansharut Daulah […]

Pakistani court nationalizes Christian college

Pakistan’s top court has handed over the management of the oldest missionary education institution in Khyber Pakhtun-khwa (KPK) province to the local government. Three judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on June 3 rejected a petition filed by Church of Pakistan Bishop Humphrey Peters of Peshawar seeking a review of a Peshawar High Court […]