In the nine days leading to Christmas, Cristine Pascual goes to bed early as she needs to rise at around 2:30 am instead of 6:00 am like the rest of the year.
Pascual, 42, a Catholic mother of three children aged 14, 13, and 9, finishes her household chores quickly and rushes to the St. James the Great Church in Cavite in the southern part of the Philippine capital Manila.

Tea Vendor’s Simple Act of Kindness Touches Hearts Across India
A tea vendor from Thrippunithura has won the admiration of people across the country after showing remarkable compassion to a woman injured in a road

