Before the return to Taliban power, Afghanistan was the second most persecuted country for Christians, according to Open Doors’ latest World Watch List. But now with strict, fundamentalist Taliban rules, that is expected to get even worse.
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Afghanistan’s last Sisters remain despite risks
Only two sisters remain in Kabul, no brothers or priests stayed in the country. The two Catholics take care of a mentally disabled children’s day center and school, living in a dangerous district by choice, to be nearer to the people. “We have many friends here and the rest we rely on God,” Sister Shahnaz told AsiaNews.
I thirst…on a train journey
The first fortnight of September is full of memories of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. It was on a train journey, during the night of September 10, 1946, from Calcutta to Darjeeling, India, that Jesus called her to found the Missionaries of Charity. She passed away on September 5, 1997 and the Church annually celebrates her feast on this date. However, as she was canonized by Pope Francis on September 4, 2016, the 4th joins the 5th and the feast lasts for two days.
Missionaries From Macau to the World – Saint Lazarus Island (59)
In the middle of the 18th century, during their territorial progression to the east, the Russians, upon reaching the strait that separates Siberia from Alaska, decided to go further and explore the northern region of the Pacific.
Refugees’ safety – Pope talking with Taliban
According to the Italian newspaper Il Tempo, Pope Francis has recently been “negotiating with the Taliban through Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to open humanitarian corridors that would allow the thousands of refugees in Afghanistan to flee safely.”
Lone priest, 14 disabled kids, 5 nuns escape Kabul
Fr Giovanni Scalese, the only priest in Afghanistan, so far, succeeded in escaping from the Taliban, bringing five nuns and 14 disabled children that they had been taking care of.
CHURCH ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION – Philippine Dioceses Switching to Renewable Energy (3)
Fr Leonardo E Dollentas In 2018, the 42 parishes of the Diocese of Maasin (a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines) switched to renewable energy, becoming the first ecclesiastical territory where all churches…
“CHARITY MAKES ANYTHING POSSIBLE” – Venezuelan refugees – the world’s second largest
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong correspondent Loving care for the less privileged is required, a moral duty, Pope Francis said on the 2018 World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Venezuelan refugee migration in the millions is the “largest mass displacement in the…
MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (58)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The execution method chosen for Father Diogo de Carvalho was, instead of the usual bonfire, ice water tanks, as it was the middle of winter.
PANDEMIC IN LATIN AMERICA – Church reaches out to the vulnerable (2)
Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong correspondent In Mexico, with the second largest population in Latin America at 122 million, a high number of Covid cases was expected. Recently, cases reached 2.9 million, fourth in the world, following higher totals in India, Brazil,…