Nirmala Carvalho

The High Court building in Kolkata, capital and largest city in the Indian state of West Bengal, where Christians are facing fresh persecution. Image credit: By G41rn8 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

“That is the path we followed into World War II,” the cardinal told Crux Now in an exclusive interview ahead of the anniversary of the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

In the wake of a deadly earthquake in Japan, a senior Japanese prelate is calling for financial donations to the Church’s relief effort in the stricken area – and saying the local government is not accepting outside volunteer support. A magnitude 7.1 temblor struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern island […]

“It was terrible,” Archbishop Paulus Boedhie Kleden told Crux Now, “the magnitude and length of this earthquake were unlike anything I have felt before.”

Crux Now spoke with the apostolic administrator of the Nepal vicariate, who said the flooding washed away villages and homes in four districts.

The apostolic administrator of the Nepal vicariate, Fr. Silas Krishna Bogati, told Crux Now the situation is “very difficult.”

Survivors rescued from flash flooding are brought to a safer place in Nepal’s Nuwakot district via an army helicopter on August 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The death toll rose to at least 734 on Sunday, with more than 3,000 people still missing after an avalanche triggered by a glacial collapse on Wednesday.

Displaced young residents resting at a school that was converted into a temporary shelter in Bidur, located in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, following catastrophic flash floods in late August 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

“The entire Himalayan range is at risk,” said Fr. Silas Bogati, “including parts of India.”