For more than 17 years, a Catholic nun named Neyda Rojas has been serving God in a place that many describe as hell on earth – a Venezuelan prison. For decades, penitentiaries here have been criticised by human rights organisations for allowing serious human rights violations to take place behindContinue Reading

Bhopal: A Catholic priest’s contribution to building communal harmony, peace and social welfare in a communally sensitive state has found special mention in a recently released history book. Majid Hussain, who authored “Bhopal the Great – History of Bhopal,” has lauded Father Anand Muttungal for fostering communal harmony and peaceContinue Reading

This is the inspiring story of Sr. Valsa John, a Catholic nun who worked among the Santal tribals of Jharkhand for more than 15 years — first as a schoolteacher and then as a human rights activist—until her brutal murder on November 15, 2011. It provides an insider’s view ofContinue Reading