Plea seeking Hindu women’s rights raises storm in Bangladesh
A section of minority Hindus call it an attempt ‘to break our families and get us out of this country’
Xiangtan is a prefecture-level city in Hunan province, China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, are in the Xiangtan prefecture, as well...
In a land area of approximately 17,224 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers the prefecture-level cities of Hohhot and its administrative area that includes 4 districts (Huimin, Xincheng, Yuquan and Saihan), 4 counties (Togtoh, Wuchuan, Horinger and Qingshuihe) and the county-level Tumed...
Marian Basilica lives the memory of India’s sole Roman Catholic ruler
Basilica of Our Lady of Graces in Sardhana is a historic church that lives the memory of love and benevolence of the sole female Roman Catholic ruler in India. Our Lady of Graces Church of Sardhana stands at Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh of northern India. Consecrated in 1822, this 200-feet long church with a high central dome over the main altar, is one of the largest churches in northern India.
Indian basilica soaked in the blood of St. Thomas, the Apostle
Saint Thomas Cathedral Basilica at Mylapore is a monumental declaration on ancient root of Christianity in India. The church was built over the tomb of St. Thomas, the Apostle who is believed to have preached Christianity in India. The cathedral preserves 2000-year-old bones of the saint and the lance that pierced him to death. Popularly known as Santhome Church, the cathedral at Chennai (formerly Madras) in Tamil Nadu state was constructed during the Portuguese era in the 16th century. “San Thome” assumes its name from St. Thomas.
Indian Church relishes miracles of Saint Thomas, the Apostle
On every first Friday of the month thousands of Catholics flock to Holy Cross Church of Cherpunkal in Kerala, India to revere Infant Jesus and St. Thomas, the founder of the church. The church stands on the southern bank of Meenachil River. This fabled church, also known by its Syriac name Mar Sleeva (Holy Cross)Church, belongs to Catholic Diocese of Palai of the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church.
Indian cathedral remembers Jesuit mission among tribals in eastern India
St. Mary’s Cathedral Church in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand state, is the mother church in the tribal belt of eastern India, where Belgian Jesuits laid the foundation of Catholicism in 19th century. This brownish Church, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary, stands on Dr. Camil Bulcke Path and nestles between St. Xavier’s College and St. Albert Major Seminary.
St. Gonsalo Garcia: First Indian missionary who embraced martyrdom in Japan
Gonsalo Garcia was born on Feb. 5, 1556, to a Portuguese father and Indian mother of Konkani descent, at Agashi village at Bassein (now Vasai), near Mumbai city in western India. His father was a soldier stationed at Fort Bassein, a Portuguese fort. Gonsalo received his education under the Jesuits. While assisting at the Church of the Holy of Jesus at Bassein, he developed a friendship with Jesuit Father Sebastian Gonsalves, who eventually became his lifelong mentor and guide.
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St. Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay martyr and patron of catechists
This Filipino layman martyr saint could be rightly called the patron of infant baptism because it was after the baptism of an infant through his instrumentality that on 2nd April 1672 Pedro was martyred along with his companion missionary Fr. Diego San Vitores who baptised the infant. This infant was of a mother who got converted to Catholicism.
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St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino layman who became a martyr in Japan
Lorenzo Ruiz, also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. A Chinese-Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century.
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Japan’s making waves in the Indian Ocean region
It is keen on establishing a new identity globally through regional security, strategy and policy changes
Cambodian farmers’ coalition members freed ahead of polls
Three members of the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community were accused of plotting a 'peasant revolution'
Eviction order for dam project irks Tibetans in China
The confiscation of farmlands will render people without any means of livelihood, villagers say
Chinese Muslims clash with police to defend mosque
Authorities were seeking to remove the dome and minarets of a 13th-century Arabic-style mosque in Yunnan province
Renewing and realizing the social doctrine of the Church
St Gregory of Nyssa stated that it is necessary to 'go from beginning to beginning, through beginnings that have no end'
China’s role in the reconciliation of Iran and Saudi Arabia
Diplomatic relations were disrupted in 2016 after Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran was attacked
Don Lorenzo Milani, priest and prior of Barbiana
May 27, 2023, marks 100 years since the birth of Don Lorenzo Milani
