Decades of muzzling academic freedom in Malaysia
It stifles participation in politics and has outsourced political discourse to celebrity Muslim preachers
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lishui is a diocese located in the city of Lishui in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in...
The diocese covers the prefectural city of Xuzhou with a territorial area of 11,258 square kilometer. It governs 3 urban districts, 2 county-level cities and 3...
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Vietnam’s Tac Say Cathedral lives the memory of martyred priest
Vietnam’s Tac Say Cathedral is a telltale example of how Catholicism thrived in many parts of Asia through valiance and martyrdom of early Catholics. The church, also known as Father Diep Church, lives the memory of Father Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep who served the parish church for 16 years and died a martyr’s death while defending local Catholics in 1946 from persecution of Japanese soldiers.
Malaysian Cathedral enlivens the memories of Chinese migrants
The Sacred Heart Cathedral is the mother church of Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese in Sabah state of Malaysia. It bears the legacy of Chinese migrants who laid the foundation of a thriving Catholic community in the early 20th century. The advent of Catholic mission in Jeselton (now Kota Kinabalu) during British colonial era owes much to English Mill Hill missionary Father Henry van der Heyden.
Indian cathedral remembers Jesuit mission among tribals in eastern India
St. Mary’s Cathedral Church in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand state, is the mother church in the tribal belt of eastern India, where Belgian Jesuits laid the foundation of Catholicism in 19th century. This brownish Church, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary, stands on Dr. Camil Bulcke Path and nestles between St. Xavier’s College and St. Albert Major Seminary.
Vietnamese cathedral offered sanctuary to slain president
St. Francis Xavier Church in the China town of former Vietnamese capital Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) lives the memory of Father Pierre D’Assou (Cha Tam in Vietnamese), a priest from China’s Macau Island who played a pivotal role in construction of the first church for local Chinese Catholics in 1900-1902. Today, the church is mostly known as Cha Tam Church in an honor to contributions of the missionary priest. Vietnamese priest and architect Father John Baptist Huynh Tinh Huong designed the church complex that accommodates the church building, large compound, a house of charity, houses for rent, a kindergarten, a community house, a school, and a meeting hall.
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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The Face of God, the Face of Humanity
Explore the human face as a window to the soul and encounter with God. Can we see God's face? Journey through religious perspectives on depicting the divine
Cambodian synodal meeting calls for collaboration
The seminar, organized by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference, discussed communion, participation, and mission
Chinese Christian jailed for distributing Bibles ‘illegally’
The group of Christians were allegedly targeted as their church is not recognized by the state-run body
Hasty funeral for 20 Cambodian troops killed in explosion
The cause remains still unknown and no official explanation has been offered for bereaved families
Like Venice, its people are beautiful, fragile, pope says
Pope Francis briefly visited Venice, meeting with women prisoners, artists, young individuals, and faithful from the Adriatic Sea region
Schools closed as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave
The United Nations weather and climate agency said Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace
Hamas says no 'major' issues with Israel's latest truce proposal
There is growing international pressure to reach a ceasefire deal and avert an Israeli attack on Rafah
