Japan’s aging population offers both challenges and opportunities
Robotics can aid adaptation to an aging society, but the importance of human contact cannot be understated
In a land area of approximately 33.484 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers the prefecture-level cities of Xianning, Huangshi, Huanggang and Ezhou in the southeastern part of Hubei...
In a land area of 2,276 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers Kagoshima...
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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.
Kyoto cathedral lives the memory of brave Japanese martyrs
Asian Catholics who wish to learn about persecution and martyrdom of Japanese Catholics for faith can visit the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Kwaramachi of Kyoto. The church is named after St. Francis Xavier, the first Catholic missionary to reach the shores of Japan on July 15, 1549. The saint is credited for introducing Christianity in Japan. Kyoto cathedral is one of several churches under the patronage of the Jesuit saint.
Vietnam’s Marian Church with a feminist charm
Domaine de Marie Church on the Mai Ahh hilltop at Da Lat is famed for its feminist charm and known as Pink Church and Cherry Church, because of its walls made of pink limestones and a surrounding with tall, pink grasses that grow in the area. The church in the Central Highlands of Vietnam is a complex of buildings comprising the Marian Church, two convents of Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, and a school and an orphanage forchildren run by the nuns.
Indian Church beholds the memory of exiled Nepali Catholics
Mokama Marian shrine on the southern bank of Ganges River bears the legacy persecuted Nepali Catholics banished from their homeland to India for refusing to renounce their faith. Our Lady of Divine Grace Church at Mokama stands about 90 kilometers from Patna, the capital of eastern Indian state of Bihar. Mother Mary is popularly known as Mokama Mata (Mother of Mokama). The church was built to honor Mary in 1947.
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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Vatican official wants Asian bishops to communicate with heart
The Church needs lessons from Asia on communication, says Paolo Ruffini, the prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday victims on the path to sainthood
Even on the fifth anniversary of the terror attack in the Indian Ocean nation, the perpetrators are still at large
Court-appointed judges to run Church of South India
A section of Protestant laity and leadership have been at loggerheads over managing the colonial-era Church's resources
MEP lauds Korean Church’s contribution to mission growth
Father Nicolas Lefébure, secretary general of the France-based congregation, was meeting Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick of Seoul
Baptist leader among thousands of freed prisoners in Myanmar
The 65-year-old ethnic Kachin leader and humanitarian activist spent 16 months behind bars
China launches live-fire drills on Myanmar’s border
Victories by anti-regime forces 'should compel ASEAN to act tough' with the ruling military
Catholic advocates call for better app for asylum-seekers
A new report by Jesuit Refugee Service USA and Boston College School of Social Work seeks redressal of 'inequitable issues'
