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Society must foster respect for life

KOREA: Spring is a time of rejuvenation, when nature awakes from a cold sleep and dresses itself for the approach of summer. But Korea has had too much sorrow in recent months, and tragedy has dampened what should ...
Society must foster respect for life

Local officials close three churches

INDONESIA: Cite decree on minority communities in the predominantly Muslim province

Ahmadis fear for their security

Ahmadis fear for their security PAKISTAN: Removal of four cameras leaves them 'exposed to possible violence'

Bishop’s funding plan irks parishioners

Bishop’s funding plan irks parishioners VIETNAM: Calls on Catholics to give one percent of their disposable income

Church’s AIDS drive targets young

Church’s AIDS drive targets young PHILIPPINES: 'Rubber not solution', says priest ahead of world day, but monogamy is

A voice for women

A voice for women INTERNATIONAL: Indian activist Virginia Saldanha moves on from her work for the bishops, but carries on work for oppressed, writes Dennis Coday on the National Catholic Reporter.

Local authorities won’t ‘tolerate’ church

Local authorities won’t ‘tolerate’ church INDONESIA: Local authorities in a West Javan city issue a "final ultimatum" to worshippers of a sealed-off Protestant church: no more praying on the sidewalk, according to a report in the Jakarta Globe.

‘Counseling’ ordered for Muslims from raided event

‘Counseling’ ordered for Muslims from raided event MALAYSIA: The Sultan of Selangor, the head of Islam in the central Malaysian state, said there was evidence of "attempts to subvert the faith and belief of Muslims" at a dinner held on the premises of a church - and has ordered counselling for the Muslims involved, said reports by the Associated Press and The Star.

Less worldly church is better witness: Pope

Less worldly church is better witness: Pope INTERNATIONAL: “Once liberated from her material and political burdens, the church can reach out more effectively and in a truly Christian way to the whole world; she can be truly open to the world," Pope Benedict said recently on his German trip, according to an analysis on America Magazine.

Campaigners set out mining demands

Campaigners set out mining demands PHILIPPINES: Protesters urge more responsible methods, less foreign influence over minerals exploitation

Court postpones appointments

PHILIPPINES: If no resolution is issued until the end of the month, 'incumbents will continue'

Priest blames official neglect for attacks

Priest blames official neglect for attacks INDIA: Attacks on a church in Hyderabad, India, continue to occur, said a priest, due to police and other authorities' "inactivity and neglect", according to Eva-Maria Kolmann and John Pontifex of the Aid to the Church in Need.

Church growing in West Bengal diocese

Church growing in West Bengal diocese INDIA: The Aid to the Church in Need features the story of the growing diocese of Asansol in India's West Bengal.
  • Time for a new Council?
  • Time for a new Council?
  • Antonio Celso de Queirós, bishop emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil, writes about the situation of the Church prior to the Second Vatican Council - and reflects on whether another is now due, in an article on Mirada Global.com.
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