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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lishui is a diocese located in the city of Lishui in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in...
Pope Francis on Aug. 15, 2023, merged the Diocese of Takamatsu with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka in Japan.
Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, who was the archbishop of Osaka since 2014, was named on Aug. 15 as the first archbishop of the new Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu. The last bishop...
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Marian Basilica lives the memory of India’s sole Roman Catholic ruler
Basilica of Our Lady of Graces in Sardhana is a historic church that lives the memory of love and benevolence of the sole female Roman Catholic ruler in India. Our Lady of Graces Church of Sardhana stands at Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh of northern India. Consecrated in 1822, this 200-feet long church with a high central dome over the main altar, is one of the largest churches in northern India.
Malaysia’s St. Michael Church holds relics of Padre Pio
Asian Catholics who cannot travel to Italy to venerate the relics of Padre Pio now has an alternative: the historic Church of St. Michael in Malaysia, which holds a first-class relic of the Capuchin Saint. The church stands on the Church Road in Ipoh, the capital city of Malaysian state of Perak, about 200 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur. St. Michael Church had a humble beginning with a few Catholics, mostly Chinese settlers and workers living in the Kinta Valley, a hilly, forested region famed for its tin-ore mines.
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.
Singapore’s Good Shepherd Cathedral holds French saint’s relics
The Cathedral of Good Shepherd in Singapore is a historic National Monument, but it also holds first-class relics of a French saint who brought Catholicism on the shores of city-state two centuries ago. Built in 1847, the Good Shepherd Cathedral is the oldest Catholic Church and mother church of all Catholic churches in Singapore.
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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Vatican official wants Asian bishops to communicate with heart
The Church needs lessons from Asia on communication, says Paolo Ruffini, the prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday victims on the path to sainthood
Even on the fifth anniversary of the terror attack in the Indian Ocean nation, the perpetrators are still at large
Court-appointed judges to run Church of South India
A section of Protestant laity and leadership have been at loggerheads over managing the colonial-era Church's resources
MEP lauds Korean Church’s contribution to mission growth
Father Nicolas Lefébure, secretary general of the France-based congregation, was meeting Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick of Seoul
Baptist leader among thousands of freed prisoners in Myanmar
The 65-year-old ethnic Kachin leader and humanitarian activist spent 16 months behind bars
China launches live-fire drills on Myanmar’s border
Victories by anti-regime forces 'should compel ASEAN to act tough' with the ruling military
Catholic advocates call for better app for asylum-seekers
A new report by Jesuit Refugee Service USA and Boston College School of Social Work seeks redressal of 'inequitable issues'
