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Monolingual clergy in a multilingual Japanese Church
Monolingual clergy in a multilingual Japanese Church

Monolingual clergy in a multilingual Japanese Church

Indian tribal people need unity for separate religion code

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Remembering Indian Jesuit Stan Swamy, who died a prisoner

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Philippines divorce bill dismays Church leaders, youth group

Philippines divorce bill dismays Church leaders, youth group
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Timor-Leste to promote 'human fraternity' through interfaith music
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Korean bishop donates century-old portrait of St. Andrew Kim

Korean bishop donates century-old portrait of St. Andrew Kim
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Indian Christians, civil society mark death of jailed Jesuit priest

Indian Christians, civil society mark death of jailed Jesuit priest
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Auditors in China to monitor online religious activities

Auditors in China to monitor online religious activities

Pakistan's St. Thomas pilgrimage makes big recovery

Pakistan's St. Thomas pilgrimage makes big recovery
Bangladesh hill tribe demands justice for brutal killings

Bangladesh hill tribe demands justice for brutal killings

Catholic farmers go organic to ease Korean peninsula food crisis

Catholic farmers go organic to ease Korean peninsula food crisis
Korean Church voices concern over rise in abortions

Korean Church voices concern over rise in abortions
Buddhist monks demand all-party govt in Sri Lanka

Buddhist monks demand all-party govt in Sri Lanka
Indian Christian Day observed on St.Thomas feast

Indian Christian Day observed on St.Thomas feast
Top court stands up for Bangladesh's street children

Top court stands up for Bangladesh's street children
Myanmar's military escalates attacks in Karen state

Myanmar's military escalates attacks in Karen state

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Pakistan's St. Thomas pilgrimage makes big recovery

Pakistan's St. Thomas pilgrimage makes big recovery
Kamran Chaudhry

The Catholic faith matriarch from southern India
Saji Thomas, Idukki

A promise kept or betrayal? Hong Kong 25 years on from handover
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Church stands against nuclear power in the Philippines

Church stands against nuclear power in the Philippines
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Thousands more escape as Sydney floods track north

Emergency services have instructed about 50,000 people to evacuate with waters rising in New South Wales
Burmese-American Catholics gather for ordination of priest in western Kentucky

Burmese-American Catholics gather for ordination of priest in western Kentucky

Deacon Martin Ma Na Linghe is the second Myanmar-born seminarian to be ordained a priest in the United States

Canadian diplomats denied access to tycoon's trial in China

Canadian diplomats denied access to tycoon's trial in China

Canadian citizen Xiao Jianhua was allegedly abducted from a Hong Kong hotel in 2017
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34 killed in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso

Two incidents in villages in the north and northwestern parts of the country were reported at the weekend, official said

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Vietnamese Catholics celebrate new parish after 150-year wait

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Indigenous hope papal apology in Canada will push justice, healing in US

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Philippine diocese warns churchgoers of defrocked priest

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