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Irish missionary in Pakistan

PAKISTAN: The mission journey of Columban Fr Tomas King has led him from the rolling, verdant green hills of his native Galway, Ireland, to the mostly hot, dry desert of Pakistan. (St Columbans Mission Society) As an impoverished and ...
Irish missionary in Pakistan

Book on abuse a must read, says group

Book on abuse a must read, says group PHILIPPINES: Maryknoll nun gives a voice to 'silent' victims

Bishops can enable dispensed priests: Dias

Bishops can enable dispensed priests: Dias INTERNATIONAL: The Vatican has urged local bishops to let dispensed priests play a more active parish role, reports The Catholic Herald.

Running for just causes

Running for just causes PHILIPPINES: Filipino priest Robert Reyes dons his running shoes to fight injustices, corruption, environmental degradation and a host of other causes, writes Kate McGeown for BBC News.

Priest’s story on children’s show

Priest’s story on children’s show KOREA: A Korean radio show for children will feature the story of missionary and physician Father Lee Tae-seok, who ministered in southern Sudan, reports The Korea Herald.

Adapt to local conditions, Vatican told

Adapt to local conditions, Vatican told CHINA: The People Daily questions why China can't pick its own bishops, adding that excommunication is "a medieval tool that has no place in 2011 in China or anywhere".

China blocks entry of HK priest

China blocks entry of HK priest HONG KONG: A Hong Kong priest denied entry into China believes spat with the Vatican is at the root, reports Reuters and AFP in The West Australian.

Ailing Vietnam priest sent back to prison

Ailing Vietnam priest sent back to prison VIETNAM: Vietnamese authorities have forced activist priest Fr Nguyen Van Ly back to prison, said reports in the Washington Post and BBC.

Mother of five priests, a bishop and four religious dies

Mother of five priests, a bishop and four religious dies INDIA: A mother of 15 children, of whom ten became priests and religious sisters, is being mourned in southern India, reports the Catholic News Agency

Church, activists remember priest

Church, activists remember priest PHILIPPINES: Father Rudy Romano is the 'face of all who vanished during and after dictatorship'

Former legislator sues priest

PHILIPPINES: Official lays contempt charges against Catholic, a government auditor, and a newspaper executive

Migrant workers honor priest in Libya

Migrant workers honor priest in Libya PHILIPPINES: Unfailing commitment and leadership 'empowered the Filipino community'
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