Umar Manzoor Shah, Akhnoor

Church-run shelter a ray of hope for women on India-Pakistan border

Daughters of the Eucharistic Covenant look after 'ill-fated and most unwanted' women

Alternative farming helps poor fight climate change in Kashmir

Church's social service agency helps small-time farmers take up alternative methods to escape debt

Unseasonal snow buries hopes of Kashmir farmers

Catholic Church's social service wing helps farmers in the Muslim-majority state face the vagaries of climate change

Kashmir limps back to normalcy after 75 days of curfew

Communications gag affected all spheres of lives in the Muslim-majority area, local people say

Divisive BJP accused over India's economic crisis

The world's largest democracy is suffering a sharp economic slowdown and the finger is being pointed at the pro-Hindu govt

Kashmiris find ways to kill curfew monotony

Govt claims normalcy is returning to troubled Indian region

Kashmir curfew takes heavy toll on everyday folk

Harsh Indian govt clampdown is disrupting lives and jobs, leaving some facing bleak futures

When 'freedom' means four computers for 300 journalists

India's government is standing by its crackdown in Kashmir, causing havoc for those trying to tell their stories to the world

'Caged' Kashmiris ask: 'Where is the world?'

After India took away the northern state's autonomy, people are living under virtual house arrest

Jobs don't come easy for India's poor Christians

Study reveals dilemma faced by unemployed Christians, especially those who are rural poor with Dalit backgrounds

New proposal for dialogue in Kashmir widely applauded

Church leaders welcome dialogue offer from influential separatist leader

Christians face more persecution in Modi's India

BJP's landslide election win has emboldened Hindus to attack and threaten religious minorites

Ukrainian president thanks pope for prayers

Hong Kong censors animated film over protest scene

Taiwan's islanders unfazed by beat of China war drum

US Catholic agencies feel pinch of fewer donations

A migrant mother and her son hug after 17 years

Detained Nicaraguan bishop speaks of forgiveness