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Vietnamese Catholic activist ‘Abducted by police’

Police in Vietnam have been accused of abducting a Catholic advocate for social and charitable activities. Nguyen Thi Tinh said her husband Nguyen Nang Tinh was seized and pushed into a truck by police officers while he and their two sons were on their way to have breakfast on May 29. She said police later […]

Two-child norm for subsidies, government jobs urged

The Delhi High Court on May 28 was moved for implementation of the national commission to review the working of the Constitution (NCRWC) proposal on population control and ‘two-child norm’ as a criteria for government jobs, aid and subsidies. A public interest litigation (PIL), filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, sought direction to the Centre […]

Indian missionary finds great thirst for Gospel in Africa

Sister Carmel Madathiparampil began working in Africa as a missionary since 1993. That was the year, the Daughters of St Paul, started the African mission project to commemorate the birth centenary of Servant of God Thecla Merlo, who founded the congregation along with Blessed James Alberione. It also coincided with Madathiparampil’s 25 years in the […]

Anti-Muslim monk faces sedition charge in Myanmar

Ultra-nationalist monk U Wirathu has been accused of sedition for speeches attacking Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, with a local court reportedly already having issued a warrant for his arrest. U Wirathu has also railed against religious minorities and especially Muslims, deepening the social divide in the Buddhist-majority Southeast Asian nation where Rohingya […]

Fishing ban leaves Bangladeshi fishermen all at sea

The Bangladeshi government’s unprecedented two-month sea fishing ban has hit thousands of fishermen in the country’s long southern coastal zone. Lamenting their loss of livelihood and pondering alternative means of survival, many have taken to the streets to protest against the ban in recent days. Protesters have demanded the ban be shortened and fishermen get […]

Cardinal Bo preaches Gandhi’s non-violence to check religious extremism

Cardinal Charles Bo of Myanmar has asked Church leaders in Asia to preach peace, not vengeance. The 71-year-old president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences urged his fellow prelates to follow leader of India’s freedom struggle Mahatma Gandhi who is revered as the apostle of non-violence. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who was born on October […]

Concerns grow over Philippine student military training plan

Duterte wants to reintroduce cumpulsory Reserved Officers’ Training Corps program in all schools Child rights groups and church leaders in the Philippines have voiced concern over a move to reintroduce compulsory military training for schoolchildren. The Lower House of Congress last week approved a bill making the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory for […]

Former airline pilot appointed to lead diocese of US

Pope Francis Friday named Bishop Robert D. Gruss of Rapid City, South Dakota, the next bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw, Michigan. Gruss, 63, was bishop of Rapid City since 2011. A native of Arkansas, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa in 1994, after a career as a commercial […]