Singapore court orders Credit Suisse to pay Georgian ex-PM
The former Swiss banking giant to pay $926 million for failing to safeguard billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili's assets
Hue Archdiocese territory covers an area of 9,799.7 square kilometers with a population of 2,295,000. It comprises two central provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien - Hue. It is bounded on the east by East Sea, on the west by the border of Laos. On the south it is bounded by the city and Diocese of...
The Hamhung diocesan territory stretches over 52,322 square kilometers and covers Hamkyongnam and Hamkyongbuk provinces. However, its southern part belongs to Tokwon Territorial Abbacy in North Korea.
The diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Seoul which comprises Seoul archdiocese; the...
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.
French saints watch over Vietnam’s Christ the King Cathedral
Christ the King Cathedral in Nha Trang of south-central Vietnam adds to the jewels in a coastal city famed for beautiful beaches, unique delicacies, cultural diversity, and historic architectures. The cathedral is in the proximity of Long Son Pagoda in the city known for harmonious coexistence between Buddhists and Christians.
Vietnam’s Marian Church with a feminist charm
Domaine de Marie Church on the Mai Ahh hilltop at Da Lat is famed for its feminist charm and known as Pink Church and Cherry Church, because of its walls made of pink limestones and a surrounding with tall, pink grasses that grow in the area. The church in the Central Highlands of Vietnam is a complex of buildings comprising the Marian Church, two convents of Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, and a school and an orphanage forchildren run by the nuns.
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.
'Tired' Pope Francis has fever
The pope had to clear his schedule after he caught a fever, two months after he was hospitalized with bronchitis
'Hidden agendas' behind ethnic conflict in Indian state
Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal in Manipur says 'vested interests have to be recognized and resisted'
Pope says situation at US-Mexico border is 'serious problem'
Pope Francis in an interview with Telemundo broadcast on May 25 said 'the problem of migrants is serious'
Profit should not be at expense of ethics in tourism, Vatican says
Dicastery for Evangelization calls for a greater commitment to sustainable investments
Pro-Beijing groups discuss ‘sinicization of Christianity’ in HK
There is an increase in communication between state-run Christian groups in Hong Kong and mainland China, says rights group
Dengue fever threat looms large in Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps
Infections and deaths may set new records this year at world's largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, warn health officials
A nuclear free world and the realm of realpolitik
G7 Hiroshima summit fell short of the expectations of Japan’s 'hibakusha' survivors who want complete nuclear disarmament
