Laity accuses India’s Eastern rite Church's head of conspiracy
Lay people from Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese seek separation from Eastern rite Church, as their priests did last month
In a land area of 8,488 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers Suzhou city proper. Suzhou in Jiangsu province is 1,035 kilometers southeast of...
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Vietnamese cathedral holds the statue of miraculous Virgin Mary
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, popularly known as Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica, is one of the tourist hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city and former capital of Vietnam. This 19th century cathedral is a historic landmark from French colonial-era, but it gained significant prominence for the four-meter-tall statue of Virgin Mary that miraculously wept in 2005.
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.
Vietnamese Cathedral bears testimony to history and heritage
St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi is a French colonial-era landmark and one of the oldest Christian worship places in the Buddhist-majority nation. The cathedral is a replica of Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris that also passed through political and social trajectories in the city over the past centuries.
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.
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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Cambodia’s searing heat, crowded jails threaten inmates’ health
The overcrowded prison system which houses some 40,000 inmates nationwide also faces a scarcity of potable water
Nepali men tricked into fighting Russia's Ukraine war
A human trafficking network lured the men with offers of high salaries, prospects of settling in Europe, say families
Mexican bishop hospitalized after brief abduction
Retired Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza of Chilpancingo-Chilapa went missing on April 29, causing concern
Pope appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage
Bishop-designate David Waller is the first bishop coming from an Anglican background to lead a personal ordinariate in UK
Religious formation must also be human, pope says
In his prayer intention for May, Pope Francis described each vocation as a 'diamond in the rough' needing cultivation
At least 143 killed in Pakistan's heavy April rains
The South Asian nation is increasingly vulnerable to unpredictable weather, as well as often-destructive monsoon rains
Rights groups slam 11-year sentence for Saudi activist
Manahel al-Otaibi, who frequently promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror laws
