Columban Stories
Celebrating Diwali in Pakistan
Diwali, is the Hindu festival of lights, which is celebrated each year during October or November, depending on the cycles of the moon. Diwali symbolises the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance”.
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Open Doors in Pakistan
2018 was a special year for me, not for any extraordinary event but more so with my expanding appreciation of Islam and Hinduism.
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Aasia Bibi – Free at last!
On 29 January 2019, almost a decade after being falsely accused of blasphemy, Aasia Bibi was finally free, when the Supreme Court dismissed a petition against the SC decision of October 2018 acquitting her of all charges.
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Columban Responses to Terror Attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand
Letters of solidarity from Fr Tim Mulroy and Rev Dr Patrick McInerney, to our Muslim sisters and brothers in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and around the world.
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Humanity: The Commonality of every Religion
I came to realise that despite the diversity of religions, there is always a prevailing human factor that is common: the capacity to love, care and pray for each other.
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