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In a land area of 187,400 square kilometers, the diocesan territory, according to the open Church authorities, covers almost the whole Province of Jilin in northeastern China. According to the Vatican, the Diocese of Kirin (Jilin) Szepingkai and Yanji in Jilin province are suffragan of the...
The Diocese of Keningau is located in the "Land Below the Wind" - north of Borneo Island - in the state of Sabah. When it became a diocese in 1993 it covered the interior division of Sabah comprising the towns of Beaufort, Keningau, Tambunan, Tenom, Kuala Penyu, Membakut, Sipitang, Sook and...

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Nagasaki cathedral, a testimony of persecution and atomic bombing

Nagasaki cathedral, a testimony of persecution and atomic bombing

Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony cathedral promotes religious harmony, cultural diversity

Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony cathedral promotes religious harmony, cultural diversity

Kyoto cathedral lives the memory of brave Japanese martyrs

Kyoto cathedral lives the memory of brave Japanese martyrs

Vietnam’s Marian Church with a feminist charm

Vietnam’s Marian Church with a feminist charm

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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 relief to India’s minority institutions
Court relief to India’s minority institutions

Madras High Court in southern Tamil Nadu bans government from imposing education quotas

India’s first tribal Cardinal Toppo dies
India’s first tribal Cardinal Toppo dies

The first Indian tribal cardinal had been bed-ridden for some time because of age-related ailments

Lawyers, civil society support judge who fled Sri Lanka
Lawyers, civil society support judge who fled Sri Lanka

Judge Saravanarajah who recently ruled on a case pertaining to a disputed religious site has cited 'threat to life, stress'

Apathy worsens suffering of Pakistan’s climate-vulnerable poor
Apathy worsens suffering of Pakistan’s climate-vulnerable poor

Marginalized communities are always first to be hit by natural disasters, and last to be tended

Lockdown in Nepalese city to prevent Hindu-Muslim clashes
Lockdown in Nepalese city to prevent Hindu-Muslim clashes

An indefinite curfew has been clamped down in Nepalgunj in Banke district, bordering India

Exhibition on Korean Catholic martyrs draws thousands
Exhibition on Korean Catholic martyrs draws thousands

Paul Yun Ji-chung and 123 other Catholics were martyred for the faith in the early days of Christianity in Korea

Indonesian Christians told to ditch ‘money politics’
Indonesian Christians told to ditch ‘money politics’

Use of money in campaigns fuels potential corruption by candidates after they get elected, says church leader

Church leaders condemn arrest of Indian website editor
Church leaders condemn arrest of Indian website editor

Say arrest over alleged Chinese funding is another example of how press freedom has been eroded in India

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