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
Baucau is the second-largest city in East Timor, after Dili, the capital, which lies 122 km east of Dili.
Baucau has about 16,000 inhabitants, and is the capital of Baucau, located in the eastern part of the country. In the times of Portuguese Timor, Baucau was called Vila...
In a land area of 30,594.90 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers northern central provinces of Ha Tinh, Nghe An and Quang Binh. The diocese is surrounded by Thanh Hoa province in the north, the sea in the east, Quang Tri province in the south and Laos in the west. Ha Tinh province's...
Vietnamese cathedral offered sanctuary to slain president
St. Francis Xavier Church in the China town of former Vietnamese capital Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) lives the memory of Father Pierre D’Assou (Cha Tam in Vietnamese), a priest from China’s Macau Island who played a pivotal role in construction of the first church for local Chinese Catholics in 1900-1902. Today, the church is mostly known as Cha Tam Church in an honor to contributions of the missionary priest. Vietnamese priest and architect Father John Baptist Huynh Tinh Huong designed the church complex that accommodates the church building, large compound, a house of charity, houses for rent, a kindergarten, a community house, a school, and a meeting hall.
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.
St. Joseph Cathedral of Kuching bears legacy of independence heroes
The Cathedral of Saint Joseph is the mother church of Kuching Archdiocese in the sole Christian-majoritystate in predominantly Muslim Malaysia. The church was first built in 1891 as a wooden structure in Neo-Gothic style during the British colonial rule in Northern Borneo, which covered today’s Sarawak and Sabah states of Malaysia. The cathedral’s large, slopy rooftop resembles a typical family home, just like the Blessed Sacrament Church of Singapore.
Japanese Church with a famed statue of weeping Virgin Mary
Our Lady of Akita Catholic Church is Yuzawadai is among the most famous churches in Japan. The church shot into global fame thanks to a wooden statue of Blessed Virgin Mary that wept 101 times and Marian apparitions to Japanese nun Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa that miraculously healed her hearing impairment. Japanese wooden sculptor Saburo Wakasa from Akita city carved the now-famous miraculous statue of Virgin Mary in 1963.
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
After pope's call for peace, violence hits east DR Congo
Conflict continued during the pope's visit, while attacks by armed groups also claimed the lives of civilians in the east
Pope takes peace mission to South Sudan
Pope Francis is due to wind up his trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and arrive in South Sudan on Feb. 3
Indian Church's liturgical dispute reaches court
Parishioners seek to reopen St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica which remains closed after clashes over uniform mode of Mass
Vietnam Catholics hail initiative to save marriages
Jesuit Father Peter Chu Quang Minh founded the Marriage-Family Enrichment Program in the US in 1987
Myanmar people observe ‘silent protest’ as the world looks away
Protesters in Myanmar marked the second anniversary of the military coup with a “silent strike.” Christians joined prayers for peace in the conflict-torn nation.
Marian flower festival returns in the Philippines
Baguio's Panagbenga floral fest, which thanks Mary for the past year’s harvest, is back after a three-year Covid-19 hiatus
