The Delhi-based International Human Rights Council has picked Mgr Thomas Menamparampil, Archbishop Emeritus of Guwahati, in Assam (India) as its 2019 Ambassador for Peace.

The prelate welcomed the news of the prize with awe and selflessness. “I never worked for Continue reading →

He was a leader in the pro-democracy movement in Indonesia in 1998 that finally brought down the authoritarian Suharto regime. He left political activism and became priest. 

Father Stefanus Hendrianto, 45, was among the ranks of students involved in Continue reading →

Eighty-one-year-old Sister Gerard, who for four decades has counselled prisoners in the country’s death row, has been included in the yearly list of BBC’s most influential women from all over the globe. 

Sister Gerard is the first woman from Continue reading →