Sri Lanka arrests stand-up comedian for insulting Buddhism
Jayani Natasha Edirisuriya has been accused of disrespecting Buddhism and ridiculing Buddhist girls as 'virgins'
After the separation of East Bengal (now Bangladesh) from India, the region of Jalpaiguri was detached from Dinajpur diocese, currently in Bangladesh. The region was raised into a diocese on Jan 17, 1952, with Bishop Ambrose Galbiati (PIME) as its first...
In a land area of 9,262 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers two entire civil provinces of Long An and Tien Giang and part of Dong Thap province....
Marian Parish, the home of Brunei’s most famous Catholic
The Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in Seria is a small church on the western Belait district of Brunei, but it shot into fame thanks to the nation’s most famous Catholic – late Cardinal Cornelius Sim. It is also the second of three churches in Brunei dedicated to Virgin Mary. In fact, Mary has a prominent place not only in Christianity, but also in Islam, the dominant faith in Brunei. Holy Quran mentions Mary seventy times and reveres her as the greatest woman to have ever lived.
Malaysian Church’s unforgettable French missionary legacy
The Church of the Visitation in Seremban relishes the treasured legacy of pioneering French missionaries who introduced Catholicism in Kuala Lumpur and surrounding region in the 19th century. The first and oldest Church in Kuala Lumpur became a springboard of evangelization following the arrival of French missionary priest Father Pierre Favre from Paris Foreign Mission Society (MEP). Before settling down in Seremban he carried out missionary activities in the area from hismission station in Malacca.
Japanese cathedral lives the memory of botanist French missionary
The history of Kita Ichijo Cathedral Church, the mother church of Sapporo Diocese, is inseparably related to French missionary priest Father Urbain Faurie who helped flourish both the plants and local Catholics in the largest city of Japan’s Hokkaido Island. Father Faurie, born in a family of farmers of southern France became botanist before joining Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP).
Vietnam’s Phat Diem Cathedral resembles a Buddhist pagoda
Queen of the Rosary Cathedral in Phat Diem is a testimony of faith and evangelization of a French missionary priest who combined Vietnamese and Gothic styles to establish a church that looks like a Buddhist pagoda. Father Peter Tran Luc was born in a Buddhist family but became a Catholic in Phat Diem Diocese, a Catholic stronghold in northern Vietnam.
Dealing with secularization and its consequences in Japan
Digital communities offer a sense of connection and belonging, and are taking on the role of religion
Mongolian Catholics pay tributes to Korean missionary
Father Stephen Kim Seong-Hyeon, 55, served in the East Asian nation since 2000
HK Christian group honors schools for student welfare
Some 400 schools are part of a scheme that promotes the holistic well-being of students
Indian bishops say Manipur riots targeted tribal Christians
Bishops' body in Kerala says the 'well-orchestrated' violence in the northeastern state exposes BJP’s ‘double standards’
Minority body demands India uphold constitution guarantees
National Conference for Minority also calls for an equal opportunities commission at convention in New Delhi
Pope urges access for Cyclone Mocha relief
At least 800,000 people in Myanmar need emergency food aid and other assistance
Child-rearing costs blamed for Japan’s birth rate slump
Japan logged less than 800,000 births last year, the lowest figure on record
