Kamran Chaudhry is a correspondent for Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) and Aid to the Church in Need-USA. He began his journalism career in 2005 after earning a master's degree in English. He previously worked with Caritas Pakistan National Secretariat in Lahore and Asia News, an online news agency of the Roman Catholic Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He and his wife have a son and a daughter.
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Monday Starter: More than 100 nuns join pilgrimage for Marian feast day in Pakistan
More than 100 nuns from 25 congregations helped at an annual three-day pilgrimage in Mariamabad, Punjab province, Pakistan. The 73rd pilgrimage linked to the feast of the Nativity of Mary was held Sept. 9-11.
Religious in Pakistan offer relief for victims still reeling from historic floods
Catholic sisters and bishops are aiding victims of catastrophic flooding in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,200 people, injured at least 12,500 and displaced more than 634,000 people since mid-June.
Pakistan's record inflation burdens Charity sisters caring for older adults
The rising costs of electricity and petrol, compounded by a scorching heat wave, has forced the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary to change their lifestyle at their homes for older adults across Pakistan.
In Pakistan, coronavirus challenges nuns serving the disabled
Donations for sisters' homes for the disabled have declined, not only because of Pakistan's fragile economy, but because COVID-19 has prevented traditional charity visits from Catholic parishioners.