Malaysian top cop hails annual Church prayer service
The Sarawak Contingent Christian Religious Service was organized on the sidelines of the 217th Police Day
Catholic missioners entered the Dayaks' land in Central Kalimantan through South Kalimantan. In 1687, based on an agreement between Portugal and the Sultan, a Catholic missioner was allowed to stay and build a church in Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan province. On Jan. 18, 1689, Father...
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...
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Brunei cathedral, a haven for migrant Catholics
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption at the heart of Bruneian capital Bendar Seir Begawan, is the largest and mother church in country that caters to spiritual needs of a largely migrant Catholic population. As in other parts of this tiny but wealthy Islamic monarchy, the Assumption Church is a melting pot as majority of about 21,000 Catholics in Brunei belong to the cathedral parish. About 70 percent migrant Catholics are Filipinos, and the rest are Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians, and others.
India’s Santa Cruz Cathedral, a repository of Portuguese heritage
Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica at Fort Kochi is one of the finest churches and a historic but also a landmark in Kerala state of southern India. Santa Cruz Church blends Indo-European and Gothic architectural style that draws tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year. The cathedral is a great place of devotion and historic significance that survived colonial conquests and invasions to the city.
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.
Brunei’s St. John’s Church pays tribute to Spanish missionaries
St. John’s Church in Kuala Belait of westernmost Brunei carries the legacy of two Spanish Franciscan missionaries – Francesco de Santa Maria and Miguel Juan de Plasencia – who reached the shores of Borneo Island in 1587 and evangelized among local people. To keep the memories of great missionaries alive, when the church in Kuala Belait was constructed in 1953, it was named after St. John the Evangelist. The name of the church reminds about zeal for evangelization of the missionaries, in contrast to situation of religious freedom in Brunei.
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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India’s Modi raises poll heat with sectarian hyperbole
The prime minister alleges opposition Congress will take away the wealth of Hindus and distribute it among Muslims
Politician meeting Church leaders triggers row in poll-bound state
Delhi Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena called on Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and others in southern Kerala state
Church slams World Bank for funding coal projects in Philippines
International Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of World Bank, is reported to be financing 10 projects in the archipelago
Fear of sectarian violence after Bangladesh lynching
Border guards deployed to keep peace as sectarian tensions rise after death of Muslim brothers at the hands of a Hindu mob
Filipinos pay tributes to human rights champion
Human rights lawyer Rene Saguisag rose to prominence for helping victims of martial law
Pakistan diocese chips in to help Christians facing eviction
Faisalabad diocese is looking to aid 75 families who face being thrown out of homes they have lived in for over 60 years
Rights advocate: Dictatorship profanes Nicaraguan churches
The Sandinista regime is targeting priests through arrests, disrupting Eucharist celebrations, and spying
