The Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Nepal has called for global aid and solidarity following devastating floods between September 27 and 28. The disaster, one of the worst in Nepal's history, caused widespread flooding and impacted thousands of families.
The two-year Basic Training for Catechists (BTC) in four languages—Bengali, Hindi, Santhali, and Nepali—concluded with phase II catechist training in Nepali.
A Nepalese woman named Chalmaya Thapa, age 40, has a persistent cervical condition. Due to her deteriorating health, she cannot work in agriculture with her husband to supplement the family's income.
Six people, four of them children, were killed in Western Nepal during an earthquake that destroyed mud and brick houses in remote Himalayan villages of Nepal
It was more convenient for Catholics to celebrate the feast on August 13 (Saturday) than on Monday (August 15), said Father Richard Rai, the parish priest of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral.
While Catholics worldwide go to the cemeteries to pray for their dear departed on November 2, Nepali Christians adhere to a different way of revering their dead in a 'columbaria.'
Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on July 19.