New archaeological discovery in Israel opens window to Christian pilgrims
Experts suggest pilgrims left their personal mark in form of ship drawings on walls of Byzantine-era church in northern Negev
The Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu is located in the "Land Below the Wind," in northern Borneo Island, in the Malaysian state of Sabah. When it became a diocese in 1976, it covered the whole of Sabah but after the Diocese of Keningau (Interior Division) was erected in 1993, the archdiocese now covers...
There are 22 civil districts in the diocese in an area of 222,236 square kilometres.
The diocese of Jammu-Srinagar comprises the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir. It is surrounded by the international boundaries of Pakistan, Afghanistan and China from west to east. The Indian states of...
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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.
Relic of Maria Goretti adorns Malaysia’s Marian Church
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes is a must visit for Asian Catholics who revere Mother Mary and Italian teenage martyr Maria Goretti. This white church dedicated to Mother Mary in Klang Valley, an industrial and commercial hub, resembles the famous Marian shrine in Lourdes, France. It also holds the first-class relic of one of the youngest saints of the Catholic Church. A first-class relic is the body or fragments of the body of a saint, usually pieces of bones, flesh, or blood.
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.
Indian Church beholds the memory of exiled Nepali Catholics
Mokama Marian shrine on the southern bank of Ganges River bears the legacy persecuted Nepali Catholics banished from their homeland to India for refusing to renounce their faith. Our Lady of Divine Grace Church at Mokama stands about 90 kilometers from Patna, the capital of eastern Indian state of Bihar. Mother Mary is popularly known as Mokama Mata (Mother of Mokama). The church was built to honor Mary in 1947.
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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US bishops' body to offer 'analysis' of transgenderism and consecrated life
USCCB's Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance to give guidelines that 'hopefully will be helpful to any bishop'
Pope stresses need for urgent political action to guide AI
Pope Francis addressed leaders at the G7's special 'outreach' session dedicated to artificial intelligence
Chinese #MeToo activist sentenced to 5 years in jail
Journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced alongside labor activist Wang Jianbing, a group of their supporters said
Myanmar junta orders people around Sittwe to evacuate
The state capital is one of the few holdouts for the military in western Rakhine state against the advancing rebels
Zero allocation in budget irks Pakistan's minorities
The paltry fund earmarked for the welfare of minority communities in the 2023-24 fiscal year has been slashed
Myanmar’s army bombs villages to stop advancing rebels
Myanmar’s embattled military junta is resorting to indiscriminate bombings and brutal atrocities to hold back advancing rebel forces
Church in political soup of its own making in India’s Odisha
The pro-Hindu BJP, with its history of targeting tribal and Dalit Christians, has swept into power in the eastern state
