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A Vehicle for a Remote and Extensive Parish in India
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The Parish of Saint Francis Xavier in Lazu is a remote parish in the Diocese of Miao in the far northeast of India, close to ...
Help Catechists in Pakistan
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“Pakistan‘s Vatican.” This is how Khushpur, in the Faisalabad district of the Punjab, is sometimes humorously referred to, as it is the largest Catholic ‘village’ ...
India: In West Bengal the flock thrives
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“There is no anti-conversion law in West Bengal yet, said Rettig, adding “there is greater religious freedom there, compared to other parts of the country.”
In India, radical Hindus aim to ‘divide and rule’
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The bishop points out the irony of radical Hindus accusing missionaries of converting people in exchange for food or money, when they do not seem ...
Pakistan: Abduction of Christian girls increases
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There are laws against child marriages and forced marriages, but they are not implemented: "One reason is that all this happens mainly to Christians and ...
Pakistan: Justice is served at last
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Hundreds of people fled for their lives after an Islamist mob running into thousands went on the rampage, attacking Christian homes and places of worship, ...
Papua New Guinea: “People suffer greatly in the jungle, they have nothing’
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“I visit communities that can only be reached by foot, by boat or by canoe,” said Father Prado. Now, thanks to his new vehicle, he ...
Fund the Formation of 53 Novices of the Daughters of Our Lady in Indonesia
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With a population of 272 million, Indonesia is the most populous Muslim nation on earth. Christians account for just 10% of the population, with Catholics ...
Fund a Formation Course for Young Women in India
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The Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod, founded in France, has been present in India ever since 1886. Today, the Sisters are ...
Pakistani Catholic escapes forced conversion to Islam
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"The next day the guy who raped me brought a bearded man to register the nikah [Muslim marriage]. I told them I am a Christian ...