Malaysian top cop hails annual Church prayer service
The Sarawak Contingent Christian Religious Service was organized on the sidelines of the 217th Police Day
In 1939, the Third Order Regular Franciscan Missionaries of the Province from their Most Sacred Heart of Jesus province in Loreto, Pennsylvania, USA, came to the Diocese of Patna (now an Archdiocese) to assist the Jesuits, who were already engaged in the evangelization work in the region. The...
Chilaw is a coastal area in the northwestern province of Sri Lanka, spanning a land area of about 3,013.4 square kilometers. It comes under the northwestern province of the country. Chilaw is a seaside town on the west coast of the island of Sri Lanka. It is famous for crabs and coconuts. This is...
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Singapore’s Good Shepherd Cathedral holds French saint’s relics
The Cathedral of Good Shepherd in Singapore is a historic National Monument, but it also holds first-class relics of a French saint who brought Catholicism on the shores of city-state two centuries ago. Built in 1847, the Good Shepherd Cathedral is the oldest Catholic Church and mother church of all Catholic churches in Singapore.
Brunei cathedral, a haven for migrant Catholics
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption at the heart of Bruneian capital Bendar Seir Begawan, is the largest and mother church in country that caters to spiritual needs of a largely migrant Catholic population. As in other parts of this tiny but wealthy Islamic monarchy, the Assumption Church is a melting pot as majority of about 21,000 Catholics in Brunei belong to the cathedral parish. About 70 percent migrant Catholics are Filipinos, and the rest are Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians, and others.
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).
Indian Church relishes miracles of Saint Thomas, the Apostle
This fabled church is also known by its Syriac name Mar Sleeva (Holy Cross) Church
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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India’s Modi raises poll heat with sectarian hyperbole
The prime minister alleges opposition Congress will take away the wealth of Hindus and distribute it among Muslims
Politician meeting Church leaders triggers row in poll-bound state
Delhi Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena called on Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and others in southern Kerala state
Church slams World Bank for funding coal projects in Philippines
International Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of World Bank, is reported to be financing 10 projects in the archipelago
Fear of sectarian violence after Bangladesh lynching
Border guards deployed to keep peace as sectarian tensions rise after death of Muslim brothers at the hands of a Hindu mob
Filipinos pay tributes to human rights champion
Human rights lawyer Rene Saguisag rose to prominence for helping victims of martial law
Pakistan diocese chips in to help Christians facing eviction
Faisalabad diocese is looking to aid 75 families who face being thrown out of homes they have lived in for over 60 years
Rights advocate: Dictatorship profanes Nicaraguan churches
The Sandinista regime is targeting priests through arrests, disrupting Eucharist celebrations, and spying
