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Educationist arrested for blog on ideals of Vedas, Jesus

The Madhya Pradesh police have arrested an educationist for writing a blog on the ideals of secularism with a blend of spirituality in context of Vedas and Lord Jesus. The FIR was registered at Narayangarh Police station against Rajendra Prasad Dwi-vedi, a resident of Bhopal and a former District Education Officer, in November 2020 on […]

Myanmar’s military is waging war on its citizens. Some say it’s time to fight back

From a fenced-off compound close to the Myanmar border in northern Thailand, a rebel leader offers a bleak view of Myanmar’s future, as the country is cleaved apart by a military coup. The possibility of a deepening civil war in Myanmar is “high,” Gen. Yawd Serk said from his administrative base in Chiang Mai province. […]

Bangladesh bishops urge dialogue to solve Myanmar crisis

Catholic bishops in Bangla-desh have denounced deadly violence in Myanmar as scores of people continue to be killed in the crackdown on nationwide anti-coup protests. In a statement issued by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Con-ference of Bangladesh (CBCB), the prelates expressed solidarity with the Myanmar people’s aspirations for an end […]

Anger over ‘sexist’ reporting of women in Pakistan

Rights groups and journalist bodies in Pakistan have conde-mned a daily newspaper for pub-lishing an abusive commentary about participants in an annual women’s march. “Fourteen countries have the highest rape cases of women. The randies [whores] of Aurat March can’t see these non-Muslim countries,” stated the front-page article in Ummat, an Urdu-language newspaper in Karachi. […]

Celebrating 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines

As the pandemic roars on in the Philippines and the world, church organi-zers continue with co-mmemorations marking the 500th year of Chri-stianity in the Southeast Asian country. “It caught us by sur-prise, really,” said Mark Purugganan, a liturgist at Parish of the Holy Sacri-fice in Quezon City just north of the capital Manila. “We already […]

Indonesian cardinal calls for compassion for flood victims

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta has called on Catholics to show compassion to victims of deadly flash floods and landslides that hit the country’s predominantly Catholic province of East Nusa Tenggara last weekend. The disasters, caused by two days of heavy rain due to the Seroja tropical cyclone, hit 12 cities and districts in […]

Supreme Court refuses to entertain petition on religious conversions

The Supreme Court on April 9 said people are free to choose their own religion, even as it lashed out at a “very, very harmful kind” of “public interest” petition claiming there is mass religious conversion happening “by hook or by crook” across the country. Instead, a Bench led by Justice Rohinton F. Nariman said […]

Miao diocese marks World Health Day

The diocese of Miao marked the World Health Day with the inauguration of a modern dental care unit at the only Catholic hospital in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal. “Proper health care is big concern in Arunachal Pradesh, particularly in Changlang district,” said Somlung Mossang, who represents the Borduma-Diyun constituency in the state legislative […]