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Leaders of the Christian community lay wreaths at the grave of Father Charles Joseph Young at the Holy Rosary Church cemetery in Dhaka on Nov. 14, 2025.

How an American missionary empowered Bangladesh’s Christian community

Nov 18, 2025

By Stephan Uttom Rozario

Father Charles Joseph Young founded a credit union in 1955 that lifted Bangladesh’s Christians from poverty and now has $122.6... Read more

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