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Caritas Nepal receives support from CRS, US govt. to care for displaced in wake of disaster
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (144+ words) A CRS aid worker delivers emergency assistance in Nepal. CRS is working with local partners and the US State Dept. (Image courtesy of US Embassy to Nepal) More than two weeks after a glacier collapsed near the China-Nepal border and…...
Nepal’s senior churchman raises climate alarm as death toll tops 1300 in Himalayan disaster
1+ week, 2+ day ago (107+ words) The death toll topped 1,300 with 5,600 persons missing Friday, nine days after a disintegrating glacier at the headwaters of a Himalayan river system triggered catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-China border. Emergency responders at a hydro-electric facility on the Chinese side…...
India’s bishops call for solidarity with neighbors as scope of Nepal-China disaster grows
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (495+ words) The scope of catastrophic flash flooding along the border between Nepal and China continued to grow on Sunday, as rescue workers continued their race against the clock and authorities in Nepal urged residents in affected districts to remain on alert…...
Catholic, Christian leaders welcome new President of Bangladesh
2+ week, 1+ day ago (587+ words) Official portrait of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, elected President of Bangladesh on 20 August 2026. (Image credit: By Press Information Department – pressinform.gov.bd (archive), Public Domain, Link ) Bangladesh elected a new president earlier this month, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, an educator…...
Church mourns victims of CAR mining disaster as government closes site
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (716+ words) The Church in the Central African Republic has joined the nation in mourning the deaths of more than 100 people who died following the collapse of an artisanal gold mine on Tuesday, August 18. In a statement August 20, the Bishop of the…...
Pope appeals for int’l solidarity as deadly Ebola outbreak spreads
3+ week, 1+ day ago (340+ words) Pope Leo XIV at the Angelus on Sunday, 23 August 2026. (Image ©Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV called for international solidarity with the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, as the African nation battles a deadly Ebola virus outbreak. “In my prayers,…...
Indigenous youth protest in Dhaka after Christian village looted
3+ week, 3+ day ago (484+ words) Indigenous students and young people rally on August 18 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for indigenous rights. (Image credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario) Indigenous student-leaders and young people rallied in Bangladesh this week to protest what they say is the government’s failure to protect…...