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Italian missionary and friend of Bangladesh s poor dies at 91
Father Adolfo L Imperio set up schools and hostels to provide education for poor ethnic children
Italian PIME missionary Father Adolfo L Imperio served in Bangladesh for more than four decades. He passed away in Italy at the age of 91 on July 3. (Photo: Dinajpur Diocese)
Catholics in Bangladesh are mourning an Italian missionary priest credited with designing churches and providing vital support for the socioeconomic development of poor and indigenous communities over four decades.
Father Adolfo L’Imperio, a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), died on July 3 in Lecco, Italy. He was 91. He had been suffering from various old-age ailments.
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Santal Christians return to ancestral faith in Bangladesh
Scores of people from the indigenous community are embracing their old Sarna religion, claiming the Church has neglected them
Updated: April 28, 2021 04:09 AM GMT
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A photo of a reconversion ceremony posted on Facebook triggered a heated debate among Christian and non-Christian Santals in Bangladesh. (Photo supplied)
Dozens of indigenous Santals who embraced Catholicism years ago have returned to their ancient, nature-worshipping Sarna religion, alleging a lack of social security and support from the Church.
In the latest case, a Santal family returned to the Sarna faith in the presence of leaders of Santal villages in Niamatpur in Naogaon district on April 19.
New shelter offers hope to orphan girls in Bangladesh
Initiative part of local Church s programs and activities in Vatican-designated Year of St. Joseph
Christ the King of Peace Catholic Church in Naogaon district in northern Bangladesh started construction of St. Joseph Orphanage for girls on March 27. (Photo supplied)
A Catholic diocese in northern Bangladesh has started construction of a shelter for orphan girls in an area near the Indian border where poor and destitute children often suffer from homelessness.
Bishop Gervas Rozario of Rajshahi kickstarted the foundation-laying ceremony of St. Joseph Orphanage at Christ the King of Peace Catholic Church of Chandpukur in Naogaon district on March 27.