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Ministries join forces to give nearly 90K Bibles in 22 languages to disabled children in Africa, Asia

Over 87,000 Bibles in 22 languages will be distributed to offer the hope of Jesus to families receiving surgical care at a global network of children’s hospitals, thanks to a new partnership between two prominent international Christian ministries.
CURE International has partnered with Biblica, a ministry that ensures Bibleless people worldwide receive the Scripture in a language they understand, to distribute the Good News to families at its eight hospitals across Africa and the Philippines, which provide free surgical care for children.
The pediatric hospitals provide surgical care at no cost for children with disabilities such as spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and other treatable conditions. Since its founding in 1996, CURE International has performed over 330,000 surgeries and reached 2.1 million people with the Gospel.
“One of the things that our founders were really focused on was this balance between providing world-class medical care to kids and also world-class ministry care,” Justin Narducci, president and CEO of CURE International, told CP.
The founders, he said, based the organization’s mission on Luke 9:2, in which Jesus tasked his disciples with sharing God’s word and healing the sick. Narducci added that Jesus not only physically healed people, but He also offered them the opportunity for a spiritual awakening.
“We have 60 surgeons across our network doing surgery every single day, and part of what they’re doing is high-quality surgery for very complex disabilities,” Narducci stated. “And that’s part of our Gospel witness, just really good healthcare for kids that they couldn’t get elsewhere.”
The partnership between CURE International and Biblica, which was founded in 1809, has been in the works for years, Narducci said, but the two organizations just needed to hammer down the logistics first.
The two ministries will split the cost evenly between Biblica’s donors and CURE International’s donors.
The cost of shipping, distribution and other additional expenses resulting from the partnership was around $500,000, according to Narducci, funds that CURE International was able to raise through its donors.
“Kingdom collaboration is at the heart of everything we do,” Geof Morin, Biblica’s president and CEO, said in a statement provided to CP. “To deliver life-changing Bibles to those who need them, we depend on strategic partners serving as the hands and feet of Jesus on the very frontlines of gospel mission.”
“That’s why we’re so excited about this new ministry partnership with CURE International,” he continued. “They are providing compassionate, Christ-centered care to children and their families who desperately need to experience the healing love of God. We pray that this new supply of Bibles for children and adults will bring the comfort and love of Jesus to thousands in their hour of need.”
According to Earnest Kioko, CURE International’s chief ministry officer, who oversees the operation of the organization’s hospitals, 75% of the population the nonprofit serves has a Bible in their heart language due to the partnership with Biblica.
One of CURE International’s goals involves something that Kioko described as “intentional spiritual ministry,” which is helping children come to Christ while receiving treatment from one of the organization’s hospitals. After leaving the hospital, the ministry ensures they have completed a Bible study and are connected with a support system, usually a pastor within their local community.
“[The patients] go home with a tool that can help them in their new journey of faith,” Kioko told CP. “And therefore, of all the things we can give our patients as a gift, but also as a spiritual tool for their growth, is the Bible.”
One of the challenges that the ministry faces when treating disabled patients, particularly in some parts of Africa, is that many within the patients’ community believe that they are cursed.
Some mothers will come to the hospital with protective charms for their children, Kioko explained, because they think that their child has been bewitched.
“And these are scenarios that I have faced many times, where now you have to battle between the mother believing, ‘I have to continue protecting my child,’ and then here we are telling them, ‘Please, trust the God we serve,'” Kioko said.
In most cases, Kioko said that when the parents remove the charms and see that their child is still healthy and alive, a change is noticeable.
“Then now, the reality comes that there is more power than the one that I used to believe,” Kioko said of the parents’ realization. “And I think that is one way where, when you combine the medical and the ministry efforts that CURE has, you kind of confront many beliefs that don’t seem to hold water at the end of the day.”
Sources:Christianpost
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ഇസ്രയേലിലെ ഇന്ത്യക്കാർക്ക് മുന്നറിയിപ്പുമായി ഇന്ത്യൻ എംബസി

ടെഹ്റാന്: ഇസ്രയേലിലെ ഇന്ത്യക്കാർക്ക് നിർദേശങ്ങൾ നല്കി ഇന്ത്യൻ എംബസി. ജോർദാൻ, ഈജിപ്ത് എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിലേക്ക് ഇ-വിസക്കുള്ള അപേക്ഷ നൽകാനുള്ള ലിങ്ക് നിലവില് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഇസ്രയേലിൽ തുടരാൻ താൽപര്യമുള്ളവർ എംബസിയിൽ എത്രയും വേഗം രജിസ്റ്റർ ചെയ്യണം.
സംഘര്ഷം രൂക്ഷമാകുന്ന സാഹചര്യത്തില് ഇറാന് മുന്നറിയിപ്പുമായി യുഎസ് പ്രസിഡന്റ് ഡൊണാള്ഡ് ട്രംപ് രംഗത്തെത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഇറാന്റെ പരമോന്നത നേതാവ് ആയത്തുള്ള അലി ഖമേനി എവിടെയാണ് ഒളിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നതെന്ന് അറിയാമെന്നും ഖമേനി നിരുപാധികം കീഴടങ്ങണമെന്നും ട്രംപ് മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് നല്കുന്നു. അമേരിക്കന് പൗരന്മാരെയും സൈനികരെയും ലക്ഷ്യമിടരുതെന്നും ട്രംപ് പറഞ്ഞു. ട്രൂത്ത് സോഷ്യൽ പോസ്റ്റിലൂടെയാണ് ട്രംപിന്റെ പ്രതികരണം. ഇറാൻ ഇസ്രയേൽ യുദ്ധത്തിൽ കക്ഷിയായിരിക്കുകയാണ് അമേരിക്ക. യുദ്ധം ആരംഭിച്ചതിന് ശേഷം നേരിട്ടുള്ള ഒരു പ്രസ്താവന ആദ്യമായിട്ടാണ് ട്രംപ് നടത്തുന്നത്.
Sources:globalindiannews
The Indian embassy in Israel on Tuesday evening issued a fresh advisory for Indian nationals in the country as tensions with Iran escalate. In the latest notice issued on Tuesday, the Indian embassy called on all Indian nationals to register themselves with the embassy in Tel Aviv.
“In continuation of previous advisories, as the National Emergency in Israel continues to be in place, all Indian nationals are advised to stay vigilant and strictly adhere to safety advisories/protocols by the Israeli Home Front Command,” reads the advisory.
The Indian embassy has further called on Indian nationals who wish to leave Israel to register with the offices and ensure they have the proper documents to cross the land borders into neighbouring nations of Jordan and Egypt. The advisory also mentioned links from where e-visa for Jordan and Egypt can be applied.
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സുഡാനില് കത്തോലിക്ക വൈദികന് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു

നോർത്ത് ഡാർഫർ: ആഫ്രിക്കന് രാജ്യമായ സുഡാനിലെ നോർത്ത് ഡാർഫർ സംസ്ഥാന തലസ്ഥാനമായ എൽ ഫാഷറില് കത്തോലിക്ക വൈദികന് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു. 2023 ഏപ്രിൽ മുതൽ ഉപരോധത്തിലിരിക്കുന്ന നഗരത്തിൽ അർദ്ധസൈനിക സേന നടത്തിയ ആക്രമണത്തിൽ ഇടവക വികാരിയായി സേവനം ചെയ്യുകയായിരിന്ന ഫാ. ലൂക്ക ജോമോയാണ് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടത്. സംഘർഷത്തിനിടെ കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ട ആദ്യത്തെ കത്തോലിക്കാ വൈദികനാണ് ഫാ. ലൂക്ക. എൽ ഒബൈദ് രൂപത വൈദികന്റെ മരണ വാര്ത്ത സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ചു.
ജൂൺ 13 പുലർച്ചെ 3 മണിക്ക് എൽ ഫാഷറില് വൈദികനും മറ്റ് രണ്ട് യുവാക്കളും വെടിയേറ്റാണ് കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടത്. ഇവരുടെ ആത്മശാന്തിയ്ക്ക് വേണ്ടി പ്രാര്ത്ഥിക്കുവാന് സഭാനേതൃത്വം ആഹ്വാനം നല്കി. ഏകദേശം രണ്ട് വർഷമായി നഗരം അർദ്ധസൈനിക വിഭാഗമായ റാപ്പിഡ് സപ്പോർട്ട് ഫോഴ്സിന്റെ ഉപരോധത്തിൽ തുടരുകയായിരിന്നുവെന്ന് പ്രാദേശിക വൃത്തങ്ങൾ വിശദീകരിച്ചു. സമീപ മാസങ്ങളിൽ, ബോംബാക്രമണങ്ങളും മിലിറ്ററി ആക്രമണങ്ങളും രൂക്ഷമായിയിരിന്നു. ഇത്തരത്തില് നടന്ന ആക്രമണങ്ങള്ക്കിടെയാണ് യുവവൈദികന് ദാരുണമായി കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടത്.
കഴിഞ്ഞ ജനുവരി മുതൽ, ഫാ. ജോമോയെ നഗരം വിട്ടുപോകാൻ കൂട്ടത്തിലുള്ള ആളുകള് സഹായിക്കാൻ ശ്രമിച്ചിരുന്നുവെന്നും എന്നാൽ സായുധ പോരാളികള് പ്രദേശം പൂർണ്ണമായ വളഞ്ഞതിനാല് രക്ഷപ്പെടാൻ കഴിയാതെ പോകുകയായിരിന്നുവെന്നും പ്രദേശവാസികള് വെളിപ്പെടുത്തി. രണ്ടു വര്ഷമായി സുഡാനില് തുടരുന്ന ആക്രമണങ്ങളിലും വൈദിക നരഹത്യയിലും കടുത്ത ദുഃഖം പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ച് ലെയോ പാപ്പ രംഗത്തുവന്നിരിന്നു. അക്രമം അവസാനിപ്പിക്കാനും, സാധാരണക്കാരെ സംരക്ഷിക്കാനും പോരാടുന്നവരോടുള്ള അടുപ്പവും പ്രാര്ത്ഥനയും പാപ്പ അറിയിച്ചിരിന്നു.
കടപ്പാട് :പ്രവാചക ശബ്ദം
Pope Leo on Sunday expressed deep sorrow over the death of Rev. Fr. Luke Jumu, a Catholic priest killed in Sudan’s war-ravaged North Darfur region, as the country’s civil conflict claims its first known Catholic clerical casualty.
“I am also thinking of the Republic of Sudan, which has been devastated by violence for over two years. I received the sad news of the death of the Rev. Luke Jumu, parish priest of El Fasher, victim of a bombing,” the pope said in his address before the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square on June 15.
“While I assure you of my prayers for him and for all the victims, I renew my appeal to the fighters to stop, protect civilians and engage in a dialogue for peace,” Pope Leo urged. “I urge the international community to step up its efforts to provide at least essential assistance to the population, which is severely affected by the serious humanitarian crisis.”
Fr Luke Jumu (also referred to as Luka Jomo in earlier dispatches), was parish priest of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, when he was struck and killed by a stray bullet in the early hours of June 13, during an intensified assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — a powerful paramilitary militia currently battling the Sudanese military for control of the country.
The Vicar General of the Diocese of El Obeid, Fr Abdallah Hussein, confirmed the priest’s death in a statement shared with the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN): “Dear fathers, sisters, and all the faithful. It is with great sorrow that I write to inform you of Fr Luka Jomo’s passing to the Father’s House this morning (June 13) at 3am in El Fasher. The cause of death was a stray bullet that took his life and that of two other young people. Let us unite in prayer and ask God the Father that their souls may rest in peace.”
Sudan’s war, which erupted in April 2023, pits the national army against the RSF, once an auxiliary security force. The conflict has devastated cities like Khartoum, El Obeid, and El Fasher, reducing hospitals, schools, and civilian infrastructure to rubble. The siege on El Fasher, where Fr Jumu served, has been particularly brutal.
According to local sources speaking to ACN, the priest had been trapped in the city since early 2023.
“Since January, we had been trying to help Father Jomo leave the city, but it was impossible to escape due to the complete encirclement by the militias,” the sources said.
They confirmed that the city had been relentlessly bombarded in recent weeks, and that “during one of these attacks, a likely stray bullet ended [Father Jomo’s] life. We do not believe he was the intended target.”
El Fasher remains at the heart of a humanitarian disaster, with the United Nations repeatedly calling for aid corridors to be opened, appeals the RSF has reportedly refused. Although many Christians fled at the start of the war, around 300 families, mostly elderly, women, and children, remain trapped, some of them caught while fleeing Khartoum.
In El Obeid, another embattled city under military control, Bishop Yunan Tombe reported in January that “all Muslim schools closed after a shell killed 35 girls in a school in the city.” Nevertheless, he noted that the Catholic Church has kept operating six kindergartens, six primary schools, and one secondary school, the only education still accessible to children in the area.
Since the war began, Catholic churches in Sudan have doubled as shelters for internally displaced persons, many of whom now rely on external aid for survival. Aid to the Church in Need has stepped in to support over 500 families in the Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum, providing food, medical care, mosquito nets, tarpaulins, and assistance with transport for those seeking refuge across the border in South Sudan.
ACN International President Regina Lynch also mourned Fr. Jumu’s death, saying: “Let us pray for the eternal rest of Father Luka and the two others who died in El Fasher, and for their families and community. But also for all Christians in Sudan and all the people of this country, victims of war and violence, so that they may soon attain the longed-for peace.”
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പാക്കിസ്ഥാനിലെ മതന്യൂനപക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ സ്വത്ത് പിടിച്ചെടുക്കാൻ മതപരിവർത്തന നിയമങ്ങൾ ദുരുപയോഗം ചെയ്യുന്നു

പാക്കിസ്ഥാനിലെ മതന്യൂനപക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ സ്വത്ത് പിടിച്ചെടുക്കാൻ മതപരിവർത്തന നിയമങ്ങൾ ദുരുപയോഗം ചെയ്യുന്നതായി ഹ്യൂമൻ റൈറ്റ്സ് വാച്ചിന്റെ റിപ്പോർട്ടിൽ പറയുന്നു. മതന്യൂനപക്ഷങ്ങളെ ലക്ഷ്യം വച്ചുകൊണ്ട് ദരിദ്രരെ പുറത്താക്കുന്നതിനും, വ്യക്തിപരവും സാമ്പത്തികവുമായ നേട്ടങ്ങൾക്കായി പാക്കിസ്ഥാനിലെ മതപരിവർത്തന നിയമങ്ങൾ ദുരുപയോഗം ചെയ്യപ്പെടുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് ഹ്യൂമൻ റൈറ്റ്സ് വാച്ച് (HRW) ന്റെ റിപ്പോർട്ടിൽ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.
ജനക്കൂട്ട അക്രമത്തിന് പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനും, ദുർബല സമൂഹങ്ങളെ കുടിയിറക്കുന്നതിനും, ശിക്ഷാനടപടികളില്ലാതെ അവരുടെ സ്വത്തുക്കൾ പിടിച്ചെടുക്കുന്നതിനും ദൈവദൂഷണ ആരോപണങ്ങൾ ആയുധങ്ങളായി ഉപയോഗിക്കപ്പെടുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് ജൂൺ ഒമ്പതിന് പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയ ‘ഭൂമി പിടിച്ചെടുക്കാനുള്ള ഗൂഢാലോചന: ബ്ലാക്ക് മെയിലിംഗിനും ലാഭത്തിനും വേണ്ടി പാകിസ്ഥാന്റെ മതപരിവർത്തന നിയമങ്ങൾ ചൂഷണം ചെയ്യൽ’ എന്ന 29 പേജുള്ള റിപ്പോർട്ട് പറയുന്നു.
“മുൻകാലങ്ങളിൽ പ്രേരണയ്ക്കും ആക്രമണങ്ങൾക്കും ഉത്തരവാദികളായവരെ പ്രോസിക്യൂട്ട് ചെയ്യുന്നതിൽ പരാജയപ്പെടുന്നത് മതത്തിന്റെ പേരിൽ പണം തട്ടിയെടുക്കാനും ബ്ലാക്ക് മെയിൽ ചെയ്യാനും ഈ നിയമങ്ങൾ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നവരെ ധൈര്യപ്പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ട്,” HRW യുടെ ഏഷ്യയിലെ അസോസിയേറ്റ് ഡയറക്ടർ പട്രീഷ്യ ഗോസ്മാൻ പറഞ്ഞു. മതന്യൂനപക്ഷങ്ങൾ ആയുധമാക്കുന്നത് തടയാൻ പാക്കിസ്ഥാൻ സർക്കാർ അതിന്റെ ദൈവദൂഷണ നിയമങ്ങൾ അടിയന്തിരമായി പരിഷ്കരിക്കണമെന്ന് അവർ പറഞ്ഞു.
2024 മെയ് മുതൽ ജനുവരി വരെയുള്ള കാലയളവിൽ, മതനിന്ദ ആരോപിക്കപ്പെട്ട 14 പേരെയും, പഞ്ചാബ് പ്രവിശ്യയിലെ ലാഹോർ, ഗുജ്രൻവാല, കസൂർ, ഷെയ്ഖുപുര എന്നിവിടങ്ങളിലും ഫെഡറൽ തലസ്ഥാനമായ ഇസ്ലാമാബാദിലുടനീളമുള്ള അഭിഭാഷകർ, ജഡ്ജിമാർ, പ്രോസിക്യൂട്ടർമാർ, മനുഷ്യാവകാശ സംരക്ഷകർ, പത്രപ്രവർത്തകർ എന്നിവരുമായി HRW ഗവേഷകർ അഭിമുഖം നടത്തി.
Sources:azchavattomonline.com
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being systematically misused to target religious minorities, dispossess the poor and settle personal and economic disputes, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
Blasphemy accusations are increasingly weaponized to incite mob violence, displace vulnerable communities and seize their property with impunity, states the 29-page report, “A Conspiracy to Grab the Land: Exploiting Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws for Blackmail and Profit,” issued on June 9.
“Failure to prosecute those responsible for incitement and attacks in the past has emboldened those who use these laws to extort and blackmail in the name of religion,” said Patricia Gossman, HRW’s associate Asia director.
The Pakistani government should urgently reform its blasphemy laws to prevent them from being weaponized, she said.
HRW researchers interviewed 14 people accused of blasphemy, as well as lawyers, judges, prosecutors, human rights defenders, and journalists across Lahore, Gujranwala, Kasur and Sheikhupura in Punjab Province and the federal capital Islamabad between May 2024 and January.
A 52-year-old Christian beautician in Lahore told HRW that in July 2019 she decided to quit her job at a local salon and set up her own business. She pooled her life’s savings and obtained loans from people she knew to start her own salon. Her previous employer tried to dissuade her by offering a raise. When the woman refused, the previous employer threatened her, saying that “the consequences of this will not be good for you.”
In November 2019, a mob led by a local cleric barged into the Christian woman’s salon, beat her and her staff and ransacked and vandalized the premises. They claimed she had desecrated the Quran, and that a boy in the neighborhood had found pages of the Quran in the trash. The woman told HRW that the allegation was false.
“I respect all religions and didn’t even have a copy of the Bible at the salon,” she said. “Why would I have a copy of the Quran? I would have to be completely mad and suicidal to even think about disrespecting it.”
Another Christian who runs a private school with both Muslim and Christian students in a low-income neighborhood of Lahore told HRW that in February 2021 he received a call from an angry parent alleging “blasphemous” comments by a teacher.
The 43-year-old Christian said that he offered to meet the parent and also asked the teacher for an explanation. The teacher denied making any blasphemous comments. A few days later, a group of people affiliated with a local Muslim organization threatened to “burn down the school” if an apology was not made.
“The teacher resigned, but that was not enough to appease the religious group,” the Christian said. “It soon became clear to me that it wasn’t about any remark or ‘blasphemy.’”
They told him to donate 200,000 rupees ($800 USD) to their religious charity to “atone” for his “sin,” he said.
“Of course, they realized that since I was a Christian, just a murmur of blasphemy would mean that my school and possibly I too would be set on fire by a mob,” he said. “No one would ask any questions. My religion made me additionally vulnerable. However, a blasphemy accusation could also result in burning down of a school run by a Muslim. The truth of the allegation doesn’t matter. Now, I have started a cycle of blackmail, and they can extort me whenever.”
Blasphemy remains a capital offense in Pakistan, punishable by death. Although the state has not executed anyone under the law, mere accusations have triggered mob violence resulting in dozens of deaths over the past decade. The accused often endure long pretrial detentions, unfair trials and constant threat of extrajudicial killing.
The HRW report underscored that marginalized communities – especially Christians, Ahmadis and the poor – bear the brunt of the abuse. Many live in informal settlements without legal land titles, making them particularly vulnerable to forced evictions following blasphemy-related violence. HRW found that entire neighborhoods have been emptied after mobs attacked, with community members fleeing in fear, leaving their homes and businesses behind.
In several cases, blasphemy accusations were used to target business rivals or coerce property transfers. The law’s broad and vague provisions allow it to be exploited with minimal or no evidence, creating a climate of fear among vulnerable groups.
HRW also criticized Pakistan’s criminal justice system for enabling these abuses. It said that authorities rarely hold perpetrators of mob violence accountable, while police often fail to protect the accused or investigate allegations. In some instances, officers who intervene face threats themselves. Political and religious actors accused of inciting violence frequently escape arrest or are acquitted due to lack of political will or intimidation.
HRW called on the Pakistani government to repeal the blasphemy laws, immediately release those imprisoned under such charges and investigate all blasphemy-related violence, particularly incidents leading to displacement and property seizure. The report also urged authorities to implement safeguards against coerced sales or transfers of land and businesses following accusations.
“The government’s indifference to the abuses under the blasphemy law and the violence it provokes is discriminatory and violates the rights to fundamental freedoms,” Gossman said. “By failing to act, Pakistani authorities are not just tolerating injustice – they are enabling it.”
Pakistan ranked eighth on Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of the most difficult places to be a Christian.
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