Nirmala Carvalho

Sajan George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), appeals to the international community and Pakistan's high commissioner to India. The girl could get life in prison. The GCIC wants her family to be protected and all blasphemy laws used to discriminate against Pakistan's religious minorities abolished.

Sri Lankan Navy attacks Indian vessels. A man was taken to hospital for injuries sustained in the attack. Colombo speaks of "routine checks" and "illegal entry into territorial waters." An activist: our institutions only concerned with doing business with Sri Lanka, instead of defending our rights.

Almost 300,000 people from north-eastern India flee Karnataka and Maharashtra. New Delhi blames Islamabad for circulating revenge text messages following sectarian violence between tribal Bodos and Muslims settlers in Assam. For activist Raghuvanshi, the problem is rooted in tensions generated by Hindu nationalist forces.

For the first time, the Capuchin Fathers in Vazhavanthan Kottai refugee camp (Tamil Nadu) organized the festival in honor of the Virgin Mary, venerated by Catholics and Sri Lankans. India "hosts" thousands of refugees from the civil war in 118 camps. A priest denounces the plight of Sri Lankan refugees in India.

Hindu families are fleeing Pakistan fearing for their daughters kidnapped and forcibly converted and married to Muslims. Christian minorities suffer the same violence. In India there is a law for refugees and Hindus who have fled wait for decades for Indian citizenship. The Hindu nationalist party seeks protection only for Hindus. "Christians are doubly discriminated against." Policy towards minorities throughout South Asia urgently needed.

Two young men, Lungtok and Tashi, set themselves on fire on the "path of the martyrs" in Ngaba, where there have been several suicides. The two young men were students at the Kirti monastery medical school. Tibetan demonstrators beaten by police with clubs and iron picks.

Fr.Francis Carvalho, 65, was elected superior general on 11 August. Institute’s main priority is to bring the Gospel to places not yet reached by Christ, such as Asia and Africa. But also efforts to strengthen the faith of the indifferent, especially in the West. Always be at the service of the pope. The friendship with PIME missionaries.

Thousands take part in events across the country. On 10 August 1950, India adopted a law that discriminates against non-Hindu and non-Buddhist Dalits. In 62 years, nothing has changed. An appeal is made to India's new President Mukherjee and Sonia Gandhi for a quick change to the law.

Michael Nayak was killed in Baliguda (Kandhamal) on 20 July of last year by a group of Hindu extremists. Police had dismissed the case as an ordinary accident. The president of the Global Council of Indian Christians calls on the authorities to investigate other cold cases involving Christian victims of extremists and the 2008 Orissa pogroms.

In the 2012 U.S. State Department report, India is among the nations "under observation". China, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia, countries of "particular concern". GCIC President: The Constitution guarantees the rights but it is "rejected". Atheist activist in Washington: we do not need lists, but "concrete support" for social peace.

Titled 'Don Fusco A voice for today,' the film tells the story of the founder of the Sisters of St John the Baptist. Beatified in 2001 by John Paul II, Fr Alfonso Maria Fusco (1839-1910) wanted to teach the values of human dignity to the poor, the oppressed, girls and young people.

Kulandei Francis, founder and president of Integrated Village Development Project (Ivdp), wins the 2012 Magsaysay Award in the "community leadership” category . His fight against poverty and discrimination puts women at the center, helping to create micro-businesses to make them independent in their economic and social development. Fundamental commitment to stop feticide and female infanticide.