North Korean defectors ‘discriminated’ in South Korea
North Koreans face prejudices due to language barriers and negative perceptions of their country, new survey says
The diocese is in the northwestern part of Orissa state in the eastern India. In a land area of 9,675 square kilometers lives a population of 1,829,412. The diocese has only one civil district: Sundergarh. Important cities are: Sundergarh and Rourkela. Sundergarh is the district...
The diocese covers a land area of 5,605.6 square kilometers and includes the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambanthota. Galle is the main town in the most southerly part of the island of Sri Lanka, with a population of around 2, 277,145. It is 119 kilometers away from the capital city, Colombo....
Pakistani Church preserves the relic of miraculous Portuguese saint
Asian Catholics who cannot visit Padua in Italy to honor the miraculous Portuguese Saint Anthony can visit St. Anthony’s Church in Karachi to pay tribute to him. The church has preserved a relic of the Wonder Worker since it was established in 1937.
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.
Pakistan’s Sacred Heart Church is a witness of the historic evolution
Sacred Heart Church in Keamari is a British colonial-era Catholic Church in Pakistan’s Karachi Archdiocese that boosts 160 years of history marked with the advent, expansion, and persecution of Christians.
Nagasaki basilica immortalizes 26 martyrs of Japan
The minor basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan in Nagasaki beholds the sacrifices of Catholic martyrs of the late 16th century who sacrificed their lives for faith. The church stands on a hill where 26 Catholics – Japanese, European, and Indian – were crucified like Jesus for refusing to renounce their faith in 1597. The martyrdom came to global spotlight on June 8, 1862, when Pope Pius XI declared the martyrs as saints. The next year, two French MEP missionaries – Father Furet and Father Petitjean – started construction of the church to honor the martyrs.
Indian taxmen raid premises of evangelical pastors
Pastors Baljinder Singh and Harpreet Deol have a huge following in northern Punjab and other parts of the country
Sri Lanka Church to skip Independence extravagance
The Church is against shelling out a huge amount of money on the 75th Independence Day at a time of forex crisis
Cambodian PM urges diaspora to return home
Hun Sen says former opposition supporters will not be prosecuted, calls such fears 'unfounded propaganda'
Murdered Filipino's family rejects Kuwait ‘blood money’
Filipino lives are not for sale and blood money culture should stop, victim's parents say
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency
The announcement pushes back the date by which elections must be held, according to the country's constitution
Pope set to meet youth in landmark Congo visit
It is the first time since 1985 that a pope has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo
Australian cardinal's funeral sparks Sydney protests
George Pell who died in Rome last month aged 81 was the highest-ranking Catholic to be imprisoned for child abuse
