The Voice of the suffering in Asia

Pakistani Catholic escapes forced conversion to Islam

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"The next day the guy who raped me brought a bearded man to register the nikah [Muslim marriage]. I told them I am a Christian and refused to repeat the Arabic verses."

ACN to hold three days of prayer for Myanmar, on second anniversary of coup

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“As we prepare to mark the second anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, on February 1, we ask God to move the hearts of all those who can put a stop to this tragedy. We pray also for all the internally displaced, including children, women, the elderly and sick in the affected areas."

Deep in crisis, Sri Lankans will focus on helping the poor this Christmas

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Our Bishops’ Conference and our cardinal recently requested all our Catholics and non-Catholics not to celebrate Christmas in a fabulous manner, spending money o unnecessary things, but to use that money to help the poor.”

In Pakistan, healing for victims of abduction and forced marriage

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“He offered me a soft drink. It was drugged and I don’t know what happened next. I resisted him throughout, but he used to put something in the food. He would also beat me.

Pakistan flooding: Disease, debt, discrimination, and ruined crops

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“We moved to a hill after the boundary wall of our mud house collapsed but it was too hot under the open sky. We are unsure of our future. The cotton crop has rotted after the first harvest, and the sugar cane is being ruined."

The Bible in Pakistan: ‘There is a blessing for those who touch the Word of God’

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"every day you should touch a page of the Bible, each word of the Bible. Go line by line, line by line, and obtain this blessing with your fingers, because it is written in the Bible that there is a blessing for those who touch the Word of God.”
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