Anna Chiara Filice

Some 55 families benefit from the programme in the Musahar slum. A mix of stereotypes, superstition and marginalisation have prevented pregnant women from getting medical care. The community relied on witchdoctors performing rituals for a fee. Nurses are now back and no one dies from lack of hygiene, notes Lenin Raghuvanshi.

The two high officials are accused of negligence: they failed to transmit terrorist warnings issued by the Indian secret services. On the contrary, they accuse President Sirisena: "He never took our warnings seriously".

18-year-old Zaira Wasim is a famous star of Indian cinema. Being in the spotlight would have "dragged me away from faith, along a path of ignorance". Muslim activist: "Pressures from society. She pays the price of being a female, Muslim, Kashmiri and actress ".

The attack on the Holy Artisan Bakery Café three years ago resulted in 22 deaths, including nine Italians. A representative of the Italian government has called for “the truth to be found more quickly”. The terror cell behind the attack has been neutralised. A Christian group called Shalom is helping young people from different groups know each other better.

Pope Francis announces the canonization date during the ordinary public consistory: October 13th. The Indian nun was a mystic and dedicated her life to the Lord to serve the poor and the sick.

The centre is part a project by Claretian Fathers near Bengaluru. Some 39 million people are visually challenged worldwide, about a third in India. Only 30,000 Indians donated their eyes out of 9 million who passed away last year.

The major archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church has returned to Ernakulam-Angamaly, in Kerala. The cardinal was accused of a reckless real estate sale. The investigations found that the documents presented against him had been falsified.

Ramesh Minj was 37 years old. He died as a result of the beating he received from a mob of 120 Hindu nationalists in August 2017. The family has not yet achieved justice. For Catholic activist, “Such is the nature of the violent beast, political Hindutva”.

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism fled Lhasa during the 1959 uprising. Beijing considers him a "wolf in sheep's clothing". Like Xi Jinping, Donald Trump never asked to meet him.

The Catholic community has about 150 thousand faithful; in the territory religious of 20 different nationalities reside, for a total of 120 priests and 130 nuns. The event that marked the rebirth of the Church after the Soviet persecutions was the apostolic visit of Pope John Paul II in 2001. Archbishop of Nur-Sultan: "We look to the future with hope".

The 31-year-old mother of four lived in a slum and did not go to school. She was raised with love by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians at Marialaya (Mary House). The nuns’ goal is "to restore human dignity” to street kids. Up to 18 million children live in the streets of India. The Catholic Church runs about 14,500 schools, high schools and universities.

Tabrez Ansari, 24, was tied to a pole, tortured for eight hours and forced to chant praises to Hindu gods. Under Narendra Modi’s government hate crimes have increased, linked above all to "sacred cows".