"Thank God that BARACA staff rescued me and enabled me to reinvent myself through the rehabilitation program," said Moni, a boy who wandered into Dhaka from his village to earn money, but became a drug addict in a short time.
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) Sister Mary Placida has been working as a full-time doctor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Joseph's Hospital, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir for the past 18 years. It is the only Christian hospital in the Kashmir Valley.
Whether in the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic or not, healthcare workers like doctors, nurses, and other ancillary personnel in healthcare services have been doing a significant service to society.
Pope Francis on June 1 named three cardinals from Asia as members of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
