"It has been my dream to serve the kids, youth, elders, and native people by evangelizing Christ in any way I can, and that dream led me to become religious," Samantha Ashley Zaballero said.
Deforestation by increasing palm oil plantations and the launch of the food estate program will adversely affect the indigenous Papuan communities in Indonesia.
The illegal mining businesses extract sand and stone in the province of Bali, an island well known for tourism, besides known for its forested volcanic mountains, iconic rice paddies, beaches, and coral reefs.
Apples are still a luxury in the highlands of Manipur State in India, but a former executive of a multinational company, Miss Augustina Shimray, came back from Delhi to change all that.
The restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic did not hamper the observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in India, with several online events led by various Church organisations, on their own or in collaboration with various civic groups.
Neas Wanimbo is a 26-year-old Christian literacy activist in the hinterlands of Papua in Indonesia who became the harbinger of “good news" in poor communities.
Suwandi became a catechist because his parents wanted him leave home and escape poverty. The parents could not send the young man to school, so they sent him to church.
Our family bonds will be stronger and become deeper if we can develop a more wholesome and participatory approach to our food preparation and eating habits.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. Since the 15th century, popular devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel has centered on the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, also known as the Brown Scapular. The liturgical feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is celebrated on July 16.
The pictures have circled secular media for about a week now: a tiny baby dependent on oxygen smiling in front of a cake that is bigger than his 1-year-old head.
Networking and collaboration have helped Church organizations in India make a significant contribution to the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even as India dares to breathe easier as the infections and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic appear to be lessening, an invisibilized community of leprosy patients are doubly disadvantaged.