Killer heatwave takes heavy toll in Bangladesh
Temperature has hovered between 36-42 degrees Celsius over the past two weeks in the South Asian nation
In a land area of 5,088.4 square kilometers, the Archdiocese of Cebu covers the whole civil province of Cebu. This province island lies at the heart of the Central Philippines called the Visayas region. In the history of Christian evangelization, it prides itself as the Cradle of Christianity in...
In a land area of 5,299 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers two civil districts -- Ranchi and...
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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.
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.
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.
Pakistan’s Sacred Heart Church is a witness of the historic evolution
Sacred Heart Church in Keamari is a British colonial-era Catholic Church in Pakistan’s Karachi Archdiocese that boosts 160 years of history marked with the advent, expansion, and persecution of Christians.
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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St. John Paul II, pray for us!
On the 10th anniversary of his canonization, let us ask John Paul the Great to intercede for the world today
Alarming rise in violence, rights abuses across Asia
Asian nations continue to trample human rights by muzzling freedom of speech and shrinking civic spaces, says the annual human rights report from the US State Department
Families of Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter bombing victims wait for truth, justice
We look at the sorrow that still flows through the words, actions, and even the tears of the family members who struggle to accept the irreplaceable loss of their kith and kin
S Korean papal charity to fund Bible project for Mongolian Church
Catholics in Mongolia face problems because the only Bible available to them is a Protestant version, says cardinal
Myanmar junta imposes curbs on religious activities
Authorities in Chin state capital Hakha have banned assembly of more than five persons, including for Sunday services
Thailand eyes ASEAN troika to negotiate with Myanmar junta
Regime retakes key positions around Myawaddy on the Thai-Myanmar frontier
Mexico's bishops slam ruling party's use of Santa Muerte imagery
Prelates call for 'restoring the Mexico that has been expressed through the values of faith, family [and] coexistence'
