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A New Village Chapel in Bangladesh
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The Diocese of Sylhet in Bangladesh was established in 2011. There are 20,000 Catholics in the territory, which has a total population of 14 million. ...
Help for 22 Seminarians in India
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The Catholic Church in northeast India is still relatively young and took root at the end of the 19th century. Indeed, in many parts of ...
Woman unjustly imprisoned for eight years in Pakistan: “God was with me in this struggle”
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Shagufta Kausar was falsely accused of blasphemy. For almost eight years, she was separated from her family; her husband was beaten and tortured; and they ...
Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy speaks out
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The number of people imprisoned for blasphemy in Pakistan has surged to more than 700. A woman who spent seven years on death row for ...
Papua New Guinea: Christians excited for upcoming Papal visit
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This September, Pope Francis will make his first trip to Papua New Guinea, a country introduced to Christianity about 70 years ago. In this corner ...
Jaranwala one year later: No justice, no safety
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One year since violence described as the worst outbreak of Christian persecution in Pakistan, Church leaders say people are terrified of more attacks and furious that ...
Young widow beaten in Pakistan
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After being accused of blasphemy, a Christian mother of two was cornered in a field in Pakistan and beaten by a mob. Saima Farhad Gill, ...
A Chapel for a Parish in India
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Last year, we shared a request from Father Arbok Lyngdoh of Moharpara in northeast India. He was asking for help on behalf of his faithful, to ...
The elections and their consequences for Christians in India
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On June 4th, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or the Popular Party of India, won its third election, extending Narendra Damodardas Modi’s tenure as leader ...
Church leaders applaud change to minimum marriage age in Pakistan
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A new amendment to the Christian Marriage Act says that girls and boys under the age of 18 cannot marry. Though only a first step, ...