By Philip Mathew Chennai, June 21, 2019: When Glory Karthik was 8, a social worker suggested that her parents, who had no money to feed or educate her, send her from the slums to a home for girls managed by Catholic nuns in Chennai, a southern Indian city. “I feltContinue Reading
MARIA LOZANO Interview with Aid to the Church in Need’s Director of Public Affairs and Religious Freedom JUNE 13, 2019 On May 28, 2019, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution establishing August 22 as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.Continue Reading
By Brit Dawson May 15, 2019: In South Asia, there’s a devastating correlation between weather-related disasters and the rising number of women being trafficked for sex. Every year, in the remote depths of the Himalayas, hundreds of nuns clean plastic from the waterways of the mountain range. Trekking miles, theContinue Reading
Rita Joseph Thiruvananthapuram, May 8, 2019: Sister Roselin Chirayil left the Daughters of Mary to start a new order solely dedicated to caring for women with mental illnesses who live in poverty. Her Sisters of Mercy congregation works with women who often hit and bite her and her sisters. ChirayilContinue Reading
By Niha Masih Malogam, April 23, 2019: In the fading afternoon light, Gammar Bam glanced down nervously at a fast-flowing river in a corner of northeastern India. His team had already driven eight hours on one-lane mountainous roads and shaky bridges. Now they were trekking on a slippery path huggingContinue Reading
By Apoorva Mandavilli April 23, 2019: Three years ago, Siddamma’s mother-in-law developed pale patches on her arms. But Siddamma, 32, did not get along with her, and did not pry. A year or so later, she noticed that her husband had similar marks on his back — but he wasContinue Reading
By Bill Gates Can goats empower women? In one of the poorest areas of India, they already are. This is thanks to a new team of health workers who are training rural women how to gain financial independence by raising healthier goats. The health workers are goat nurses known asContinue Reading
By Kai Schultz New Delhi, April 16, 2019: Winston Churchill called the 1919 massacre of Indian protesters “monstrous.” Queen Elizabeth said it was “distressing.” Prime Minister David Cameron went with “deeply shameful.” But did they apologize? Not exactly. British leaders have always stopped short of making an apology for theContinue Reading
By Niha Masih New Delhi, April 16, 2019: Nearly 900 million Indians are eligible to vote in national elections that started on April 11, an exercise so big that it will take six weeks to complete. The contest involves many political parties, each with a symbol — and the symbolsContinue Reading
By Anju Agnihotri Chaba Jalandhar, April 8, 2019: A series of events that began unfolding in the night of March 29 has put a spotlight on the private businesses being run by some priests of the Jalandhar Catholic diocese. That night, a team of Khanna police claimed to have recoveredContinue Reading