Anna Chiara Filice

Mgr Couto calls on the faithful in every parish to recite the prayer for a year as well as fast and perform the Eucharistic adoration. The secretary of the Bishops’ Conference urges believers to pray so that the country can be guided by pluralism and government wisdom in which the poor, tribals and Dalits are considered and respected with equal dignity. In Karnataka’s elections, surprisingly, the BJP does not get a majority.

The first stone was laid in 1993, followed by the inauguration two years later. In 2007 it became a full parish. "“The Church has always worked to meet the immediate needs of the community,” said a former parish priest. Today the church has a congregation of some 750 families, offering services to the sick, the disabled and students, “open to all, without distinction of class or religion".

Fr. Jyoti Francis Costa is one of the two missionaries chosen by the Vatican in his country. Over the past two years he has preached the love of God in the parishes, in the dioceses and in pilgrimage centers. "I saw the joy in the faces of the faithful who come to know that God is merciful". "God forgives us and welcomes us as we are".

Daniel Bashir, who coordinates young lay missionaries, is about to enter the seminary. As a child he could not speak and this gave him pain in the heart. It “is in the Bible that we find the answers to our questions.” He urges young people “to be reconciled with the Lord through the sacrament of confession."

Daniel Bashir comes from the diocese of Karachi. He is the national president of a movement of lay missionaries in Pakistan. He hopes “the universal Church will listen and welcome the demands of us young people”. He wants to spread the Gospel by “one’s deeds” and pray “for the fundamentalists”.

The Pakistani bishops met Pope Francis as part of their Ad limina visit. "A friendly meeting, like a family". The Pakistani Church works for everyone and is appreciated in the field of education and medical care. Dialogue with religious leaders; hopes for young people.

The PIME missionary manages the Damien Hospital in Khulna. Since 2012, the cases of infection of Hansen's disease have doubled. In 2017, 35 new cases of leprosy and 400 of tuberculosis were treated. The missionary destination of Bangladesh "a gift of the Holy Spirit".

The church was founded in 1994 by PIME missionary Fr. Gianantonio Baio. Today the parish priest is Fr. Quirico Martinelli. There are playgrounds for children and swings. In the school of St. Theresa, 495 children study: "a concrete example of inter-religious harmony". From our correspondent on the ground.

The reactions of the young people, the hopes for the Catholic Church. Extensive media coverage of events, which allowed the population to discover that "Catholics exist". From our envoy on the ground

About nine thousand young people met with Pope Francis at Notre Dame College in Dhaka. Young women “hope to live in a safe world, in which we feel free, able to express ourselves.” For Muslim students, family values are the basis of society, terrorists are isolated, far from the family, brainwashed. From our correspondent

Six missionaries work at the Tejgaon house, which is open to sick slum dwellers. In all eight sisters serve in Dhaka, 99 across Bangladesh. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians are welcomed. "We are not interested in converting them; we just want to serve them." From our correspondent

This morning, Mass at Dhaka's Suhrawardi Udyan Park. 16 priests ordained. More than 70,000 people are present. Participants include some Khulna lepers. A group from the parish of Mohespur spent 15 hours traveling. The hopes of young workers. The commitment of a newly consecrated. From our envoy on the ground.