MARIAMABAD, September 6, 2010--Survivors of Pakistan’s floods were in the hearts and minds of thousands of people attending an annual pilgrimage to the National Marian Shrine in Mariamabad.

Sermons, prayers and donations were all dedicated to flood survivors at the Sept. 3-5 gathering, which this year had the theme: Holy Mary, Queen of the Universe.

KOLKOTA, India, September 6, 2010--Thousands braved the rain and shared their memories of Mother Teresa during two events held in Kolkata to commemorate the revered nun’s death.

Mother Teresa “bestrode the century like a colossus,” said her biographer Nawin Chawla, during a Sept. 4 symposium held at the Assembly of God Church.

PURBALINGGA, September 6, 2010--A Central Java diocese has launched its Year of Agriculture Care with a day of planting trees and making organic fertilizer.

More than a hundred Indonesian children, teenagers and adults aged 4-40 years learned took part in the Sept. 5 program at St Augustine Church compound in Purbalingga district, Central Java.

BETHLEHEM, Israel, Sept 3, 2010--After 200 years, the roof of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, will be restored thanks to an agreement signed yesterday between the three Christian churches - Orthodox, Armenian and Catholic - who share ownership along with the Palestinian Authority.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, SEPT. 2, 2010--Evidence is emerging that several wealthy landowners diverted flood waters through poor villages in order to save their own crops, thereby destroying the homes of countless minorities.

SEOUL, Korea, Sept 2, 2010--The South Korean government should resume the delivery of rice and humanitarian aid to North Koreans, who are currently experiencing from a food crisis, the Justice and Peace Association of Protestant Ministers (JPAPM), said at a press conference held on 27 August in front of the Blue House, the residence of South Korean president.