The Voice of the suffering in Asia
India: a priest’s love never retires
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“I became a priest because I wanted to be a missionary. To do so I travelled over 2000 miles to give my life for the people. I knew that the Lord would do the rest. This year I will complete my 60th year in the priesthood, and I have never regretted it even for a single day.”
‘It is anything but easy to be a Christian in India today’
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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India stressed that Christians are to be treated as one hundred percent Indian even as they are one hundred percent Catholic. The false charge of Christians subscribing to an anti-national stance distorts Christian thought.
In the Philippines, a bishop finds his cathedral destroyed, but keeps hope
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The bishop expressed his determination that his priority, rather than the rebuilding of the cathedral, was to ensure the return of the Christian population that had fled the fighting.
Jihadists attack church in Pakistan, but authorities prevent mass killing
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“We need your prayers, not just at Christmas time, but all year round because the risk is always there.”
Freed from Muslim captors, Filipino priest still believes in inter-religious dialogue
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"To the Muslims of Marawi and Lanao del Sur, I declare that I continue to believe that we can still be united as Muslims and Christians. We are not enemies, we believe in one God."
In Bangladesh, Church stands up for ethnic minorities
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The Catholic Church in Bangladesh is speaking up for the rights of the country’s ethnic minorities, bemoaning the fact that ethnic and religious minorities are not explicitly mentioned in the nation’s constitution.
