Anna Chiara Filice

This year 16 children contracted the virus that affects the spinal cord. The militants accused health workers of being in the pay of Western democracies, with the aim of sterilizing Muslim children.

The updated toll is 50 dead. Caritas Pakistan and the Islamabad-Rawalpindi diocesan office are visiting the affected areas and bringing assistance to the wounded. Head of the Pakistani bishops: "Let us pray for life to return to normal".

The 5.8 magnitude quake caused 25 confirmed victims and over 400 wounded, many of them in serious condition. Streets and buildings collapsed. A father recounts: "It all came down. The children cried, the old people prayed".

The earthquake was 10 km deep in the disputed Kashmir. Shocks were felt as far as Delhi, where people poured into the streets. Medical aid is being delivered by plane.

The PIME missionary promoted an interfaith meeting with young Bangladeshis. Inspired by the Abu Dhabi document, human brotherhood was the topic of the event. Religion is being used for “terrorist purposes". The encounter between different religious experiences does not entail denying oneself but can “help understanding and real peaceful coexistence".

The Rev. Sukdev Giri has not returned home to the Chitwan district since mid-August. The Hindu radicals "offended" because he spoke of how he was struck "by Jesus, a God who washed the feet of his disciples". Lawyer: persecution of Christians increasing.

The dead man, Kalantus Barla, was mentally disabled. The other two Christians are in critical conditions at a hospital in Ranchi. For John Dayal, the murder shows the “impunity that exists in the state where Hindutva is a concern."

The Lotus Tower is the tallest self-standing structure in South Asia, part of China’s New Silk Road strategy. A Chinese company is accused of absconding with US$11 million.

Fr. Binoy John denounces that the prison guards gave him the wrong drugs "with the intention of killing me little by little". The priest has heart problems, but was treated for a simple fever. He will be transferred to Kerala, where he comes from, as soon as his health permits.

In 2011 the Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit opened the mission in Goeka Baria, which includes eight villages. They taught irrigation and new crops, created support groups for women, and taught personal hygiene. Local leaders accused them of religious conversions but change their minds when they saw that their work was beneficial.

All minors are under the age of 10. The only identified is Faizan, eight years old, who had a broken neck. It is claimed he was raped. Kasur is the same town hit last year by the pedophilia scandal, which broke out following the murder of little Zainab. The proposals of the National (Catholic) Commission for Justice and Peace.

The circular ordered female students to cover themselves in order “to protect them from any unethical incident.” For Health Minister, “The veil is part of our religion but cannot be forced”.