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Lingling, the former name of Yongzhou, is one of two urban districts of Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, China. It is located on the south of the city proper, and lies to the eastern border of Guangxi. The district is bordered to the north by Dong'an...
In a land area of 22,356 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers the entire state of Manipur. Imphal is the biggest city in the diocese. Ukhrul, Senapati, Tamenglong, Chandel, Churachandpur, Thoubal, Bishnupur are other important...

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Malaysian Church pays tribute to miraculous Saint Anthony

Malaysian Church pays tribute to miraculous Saint Anthony

Japan’s oldest Catholic Church stands tests of time

Japan’s oldest Catholic Church stands tests of time

Indian Church beholds the memory of exiled Nepali Catholics

Indian Church beholds the memory of exiled Nepali Catholics

Relic of Maria Goretti adorns Malaysia’s Marian Church

Relic of Maria Goretti adorns Malaysia’s Marian Church

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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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Court saves Indian students from arrest under sweeping law
Court saves Indian students from arrest under sweeping law

They are among several people in Uttar Pradesh, including a Catholic priest, facing conversion charges

Thailand slammed for ‘double standards’ in prisons
Thailand slammed for ‘double standards’ in prisons

Unequal treatment of ordinary prisoners and inmates from higher social status is common in Thai prisons, says report

Panama church groups decry suspension of medical group
Panama church groups decry suspension of medical group

Médecins Sans Frontières had treated more than 230 migrants at its health posts in the Darién jungle in last couple of months

Safety concerns keep Burkina Faso Catholics away from Sunday Mass
Safety concerns keep Burkina Faso Catholics away from Sunday Mass

The latest attack by insurgents on a Catholic church in the northeastern part of the country left at least 15 people dead

Pope calls for release of religious brothers in Haiti
Pope calls for release of religious brothers in Haiti

The two members of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart are still being held hostage by armed gangs

Nobel winner urges world to turn the screw on Iran
Nobel winner urges world to turn the screw on Iran

Message from Narges Mohammadi, detained in Tehran's Evin prison, was read out by NGO Together Against the Death Penalty

Battle rages at Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital
Battle rages at Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital

Soaring civilian death toll and large-scale destruction harden global opposition to Israel's military operation and siege

S Korean missionary’s son to make UN plea for father’s release
S Korean missionary’s son to make UN plea for father’s release

65-year-old Choe Chun-gil has been held in North Korea on trumped-up spying charges since 2014

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