South Asia

In Karachi, Shabbir Shafqat, president of the National Christian Party, calls for a revision of the law on blasphemy and punishment for those who make false accusations for secondary reasons. "These cases are driving many minority members to leave the country." The condemnation of the UN Commission for Human Rights.

Francis met with the participants in ‘Snapshots from the Borders’, a European project. For the Pope, “The International Community has been content with military interventions, whereas it should have built institutions that can guarantee equal opportunities and enable citizens to assume their responsibility for the common good.”

Protestant organisations operating in Jharkhand, Manipur and Mumbai have been targeted. Some have been in the country since the 1950s. The Home Affairs Ministry has revoked their licences to receive foreign funds, making the groups’ work impossible. For Sajan K George, forced conversion charges are false and are designed to increase ethnic-religious tensions.

The result of experiments carried out at Yale on brain tissues, on mice, on corpses of coronavirus dead. Many infected are affected by loss of sight, memory, coordination, speech and delirium. Virus thought to enter the brain through the nose.

The new auxiliary bishop of Colombo talks about his new mission. As a pastor, he has a great role to play in caring for his flock, meeting their spiritual needs, increasing their awareness of the depth of the sacraments and the mysteries. He will pursue all these things because, “in the end, the satisfaction of a priest remains in the way he celebrates the sacraments.”

Archbishop Anil Couto officially recognised two new groups: the Santvana Missionary Brothers and Sisters. The first training seminars are underway, like those for the novitiate of men and women religious. Their primary task is to proclaim the Gospel among non-Christians. The Santvana community is also offering training and homeschooling in rural areas.

The common good “duty of justice that falls on every citizen. And for Christians it is also a mission”. “Unfortunately, politics often doesn't have a good reputation, and we know why. This does not mean that all politicians are bad”. “Students and teachers, who have gone back to school these days, be the true architects of the future”.

The 37-year-old man is accused of sending offensive messages about Islam on his Muslim boss's mobile phone. His boss was pressuring him to convert to Islam. Faced with a refusal, the employee was accused of blasphemy. Confessions extracted with beatings and arrests. Blogger: Is the blasphemy law a good law for humanity?

The encounter with Jesus is in the Eucharist and the poor. Mother Teresa taught with words, deeds, and the example of her life. The archbishop of Calcutta spoke on the feast day of the foundress of the Missionaries of Charity. Here is an excerpt from his homily.

No casualties have been reported, but this is first time since 1975 that live ammunition has been used along the disputed border. The two sides have been concentrating troops in Ladakh and Tibet since May. Both oppose road construction on the other’s side of the border. India has accused China of abducting five young Indians from Arunachal Pradesh. Delhi could play the "Tibet card" in talks. For an Indian expert, the ongoing actions are just a symbolic show of force.

The incident occurred when worshippers were praying in a Narayanganj mosque, Fatullah. According to the Fire Service, gas from a leak in an underground pipeline accumulated in the mosque.

So far, 4,204,613 cases have been reported with 71,642 deaths. India’s mortality rate is 1.72 per cent, far less than that of Brazil and the United States, which is 3 per cent, or worldwide, which is 3.2 per cent. The government is trying to revive the economy, which has suffered a severe blow, with millions losing their job and going hungry. Over a million people are tested daily.