Pope urges leaders to make 'new start' for peace in S. Sudan
Since South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011, peace has eluded the impoverished country
The diocese covers an area of 14,100 square kilometers, covering the cities of Jingzhou, Tianmen, Xiantao, Honghu, Qianjiang, counties of Gongan, Jianli, Jiangling and counties...
In a land area of 62,103 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers three districts in West Kalimantan province: Sintang, Kapuas Hulu and Melawi.
Sintang district with 21,638 square kilometers has 17 subdistricts: Ambalau, Binjai Hulu, Dedai, Kayan Hilir, Kayan Hulu, Kelam Permai, Ketungau...
Pakistani cathedral pays homage to Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Hyderabad is a British-colonial-era religious landmark in Pakistan’s eighth-largest city that beholds the centuries-old heritage of Christianity in the country. It is the mother church of the Hyderabad Diocese.
Japan’s oldest Catholic Church stands tests of time
The Sacred Heart Cathedral in Yamate of Yokohama is the oldest Catholic Church built in 1862 by missionaries from Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP), shortly after the Buddhist-majority nation lifted a ban on preaching of Christianity. The first church was constructed in a different spot but was moved to the current location in 1906. The church was completely devasted in the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923. Czech architect Jan Josef Svagr designed the present church in Neo-Gothic style, and it was completed in 1933.
Indian Church beholds the memory of exiled Nepali Catholics
Mokama Marian shrine on the southern bank of Ganges River bears the legacy persecuted Nepali Catholics banished from their homeland to India for refusing to renounce their faith. Our Lady of Divine Grace Church at Mokama stands about 90 kilometers from Patna, the capital of eastern Indian state of Bihar. Mother Mary is popularly known as Mokama Mata (Mother of Mokama). The church was built to honor Mary in 1947.
Vietnamese Cathedral bears testimony to history and heritage
St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi is a French colonial-era landmark and one of the oldest Christian worship places in the Buddhist-majority nation. The cathedral is a replica of Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris that also passed through political and social trajectories in the city over the past centuries.
India nabs 2,000 people in child marriage crackdown
Girls as young as 12 are still being married to men in Assam state, with a total of 4,074 cases to investigate, police say
US tourist arrested in Jerusalem for vandalizing Jesus statue
The Jewish man in his 40s has been taken in by police for questioning and undergoing mental health evaluation
Christian leaders push South Sudanese to make peace
Pope Francis says future generations will either venerate their names or cancel their memory, based on what they do now
US lawmaker for 'frank and sober' conversation on spy balloon
Rep. Chris Smith, a Catholic, calls suspected Chinese surveillance balloon flying over country 'a serious security incursion'
Irish missionary remembered for serving Asian Catholics
Father Thomas Murphy's demise is a great loss for people in Asia, says Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong
India’s minorities get the raw deal in budget allocations
Modi government slashes funds of the Ministry of Minority Affairs by 38 percent for the next fiscal
US panel nominates Cardinal Zen, Jimmy Lai for Nobel
The six nominees announced by the parliamentary commission on China are 'ardent champions' of human rights in Hong Kong
