Laity accuses India’s Eastern rite Church's head of conspiracy
Lay people from Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese seek separation from Eastern rite Church, as their priests did last month
Parañaque diocese was one of two dioceses carved out of the Archdiocese of Manila. It was established on Dec. 7, 2002, during the term of the late Cardinal Jaime Sin. The diocese covers three cities -- Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Muntinlupa. St. Andrew's Cathedral, the oldest...
In a land area of approximately 55,000 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers the prefecture-level city of Ulanqab in south-central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, following an adjustment to ecclesiastical territories by the government-sanctioned "open" Church community in accordance...
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Pakistan’s oldest church stands strong despite persecution
St. Joseph’s Church in Lahore is the oldest Catholic Church in Pakistan that has flourished since the 19th century despite deadly sectarian violence in recent years. The church at Sarfaraz Rafiqui Road in Lahore was established as a wooden structure during the British colonial era, on Oct. 31, 1842, to provide pastoral care to the British soldiers. It completed 180 years this year.
Japanese cathedral lives the memory of botanist French missionary
The history of Kita Ichijo Cathedral Church, the mother church of Sapporo Diocese, is inseparably related to French missionary priest Father Urbain Faurie who helped flourish both the plants and local Catholics in the largest city of Japan’s Hokkaido Island. Father Faurie, born in a family of farmers of southern France became botanist before joining Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP).
Malaysia’s St. Michael Church holds relics of Padre Pio
Asian Catholics who cannot travel to Italy to venerate the relics of Padre Pio now has an alternative: the historic Church of St. Michael in Malaysia, which holds a first-class relic of the Capuchin Saint. The church stands on the Church Road in Ipoh, the capital city of Malaysian state of Perak, about 200 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur. St. Michael Church had a humble beginning with a few Catholics, mostly Chinese settlers and workers living in the Kinta Valley, a hilly, forested region famed for its tin-ore mines.
Pakistani cathedral pays homage to Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Hyderabad is a British-colonial-era religious landmark in Pakistan’s eighth-largest city that beholds the centuries-old heritage of Christianity in the country. It is the mother church of the Hyderabad Diocese.
St. Gonsalo Garcia: First Indian missionary martyred in Japan
Gonsalo's martyrdom at Nagasaki with the other Christian missionaries is regarded as the most tragic and historic event for Catholicism in Japan
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St. Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay martyr and patron of catechists
Calungsod and his companion Father Vitores baptized infants, children and adults, defying the risk of persecution and murder
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St. Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino layman who became a martyr in Japan
Despite being an ordinary layman, Ruiz remained defiant while facing torture by the Japanese and died a brave martyr
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Cambodia’s searing heat, crowded jails threaten inmates’ health
The overcrowded prison system which houses some 40,000 inmates nationwide also faces a scarcity of potable water
Nepali men tricked into fighting Russia's Ukraine war
A human trafficking network lured the men with offers of high salaries, prospects of settling in Europe, say families
Mexican bishop hospitalized after brief abduction
Retired Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza of Chilpancingo-Chilapa went missing on April 29, causing concern
Pope appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage
Bishop-designate David Waller is the first bishop coming from an Anglican background to lead a personal ordinariate in UK
Religious formation must also be human, pope says
In his prayer intention for May, Pope Francis described each vocation as a 'diamond in the rough' needing cultivation
At least 143 killed in Pakistan's heavy April rains
The South Asian nation is increasingly vulnerable to unpredictable weather, as well as often-destructive monsoon rains
Rights groups slam 11-year sentence for Saudi activist
Manahel al-Otaibi, who frequently promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror laws
