By Jan Stuyt, SJ Father Frans van der Lugt was killed in Homs five years ago. Since then, every day, Christians and Muslims have visited the garden of the Jesuit residence to pray at his tomb. Fr. Frans – in Arabic Abuna Francis – was a Jesuit priest originally fromContinue Reading
By Kiran Manral New Delhi, July 23, 2019: If you thought that the primary effect of the pollution your children are exposed to only causes them to fall ill, with respiratory ailments, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Apart from respiratory ailments, autoimmune diseases, affecting moods, and more, perhapsContinue Reading
By Meera Subramanian July 15, 2019: India’s water crisis offers a striking reminder of how climate change is rapidly morphing into a climate emergency. Piped water has run dry in Chennai, the southern state of Tamil Nadu’s capital, and 21 other Indian cities are also facing the specter of “DayContinue Reading
Colombo, July 7, 2019: On June 19, Sri Lanka successfully put its first satellite into orbit. This was a landmark moment for the small island country that spent nearly four decades focused on a civil war between the Sri Lankan state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. But theContinue Reading
By Charlotta Smeds Rome, July 4, 2019: The first question you ask yourself when you meet her is: how can this woman, who has survived so many terrible things in her life, have eyes that convey such profound peace and joy? Meeting the Pope I met Elise Lindqvist when sheContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Manila, July 3, 2019: The Sacred Hearts Congregation’s “a glass of milk” mission has helped reduced malnutrition among children in the Philippines. “Millions of underfed and malnourished Filipino children go to school with empty stomachs – a barrier to their healthy development in their growing up years,”Continue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Nagpur, June 29, 2019: Geetha Patrick Paul’s association with Jeevodaya, a school for the differently abled in Nagpur, started with an unexpected visit 28 years ago. A Jeevodaya nun had a fall from her bike on the road and Geetha, who happened to be nearby, brought herContinue Reading
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