Ecumenical agency provides medicines for poor

A Christian pharmaceutical venture has earned the goodwill of health-care workers in India for producing low cost essential medicines for the past 22 years. (UCA News)

US nuns oppose bishops over healthcare law

The peak body for American women religious has sent a letter to the US Congress in support of a Senate healthcare bill that is opposed by US bishops for its provisions relating to abortion funding.

Nuns pioneer mission in remote Indian village

Fighting hostility, wild elephants and diseases, Sisters of the Handmaids of Mary continue their pioneering works in a remote village in Guwahati archdiocese. (UCA News)

The FCJ Learning and Development Center, Manila

The FCJ Learning and Development Center was founded by the Sisters Faithful Companions of Jesus in May 2002.

Vietnamese nuns stop women terminating pregnancies

A Church-run home in Hue, central Vietnam, is helping to stop women aborting their babies by providing a safe haven for them to have their children. (UCA News)

Benedict XVI calls for justice in his Lenten message

In his Lenten message, Pope Benedict blames indifference for the death of hundreds of millions who die of hunger, thirst or due to a lack of medicine.

FCJ in Pakistan

The website of the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus details the history of the order in Pakistan and their ministry in Pakistan and the Philippines.
“At present the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus’ mission in Pakistan is flourishing,” the sisters’ website states. “There are fourteen communities, run mainly by native sisters, serving [...]

National Catholic Health Services, Papua New Guinea

The National Catholic Health Services in Papua New Guinea is a commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
It leads the Church’s Health Care Delivery System, identifying areas of concerns in the system and taking the initiative in capacity development.
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Marist Mission Ranong

The Marist Mission in Ranong runs various ministries to serve needs in Ranong, Thailand, an area near the Thai-Burma border that attracts Burmese migrants who enter in search of work.
The mission helps Burmese migrant workers through education of some of the migrants’ children, with health care, with a community centre and assisting Catholics of Burmese [...]

Catholic Health Association India

The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) is one of the world’s largest non-governmental organization in the health sector with nearly 3,226 member institutions, which include big, medium and small hospitals, health centres and diocesan social service societies. It was established in 1943.
The members of the association are located in various parts of the country [...]

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