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Church in Asia points to the future of Catholic mission. Broken marriage goads evangelical Christian to rediscover faith. Socio-cultural impacts of Pope Francis’ Timor-Leste visit. Meeting Christian friends while moving from place to place. Food's …
Pinpointing the first Mass in the Philippines - UCA News
Mar 28, 2022 · On March 31, 2019, about 3,000 Catholics attended the pre-pandemic 498th anniversary of the first Mass held on Limasawa Island, headed by the then Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, and concelebrated by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, Palo Archbishop John Du, and Maasin Bishop Precioso Cantillas, SDB.
China shuts down Korea-based Protestant church - UCA News
Published: June 15, 2021 08:40 AM GMT. Updated: June 15, 2021 08:59 AM GMT. Chinese authorities have banned and shut down churches of the Good News Mission, a South Korea-based international Protestant church, in two cities with significant Korean immigrants. The Good News Mission, an independent Baptist church, was banned and its churches ...
Vietnam Catholics welcome Holy See-Hanoi agreement
Updated: July 31, 2023 12:06 PM GMT. Catholics in Vietnam are expecting a new Vatican-Vietnam deal to usher in more religious rights and open new avenues for them to engage in social activities to serve the nation. The deal allowing the Vatican to have a resident papal representative in the communist-ruled country was formally announced during ...
Fear, uncertainty grip Bangladeshi migrants in Lebanon
Oct 9, 2024 · Rubel asked UCA News on Oct. 7. “I would urge the authorities to take steps to evacuate the Bangladeshis who are willing,” Shakirul Islam, chairman of Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program, a migrant rights body in Bangladesh, told UCA News. Rising to the occasion. The Bangladeshi community in Lebanon has risen to the occasion by mobilizing funds ...
Indian bishops seek justice for Christians fighting Muslims' land ...
Sep 26, 2024 · Catholic bishops in southern Indian Kerala state have petitioned a parliamentary panel seeking justice for over 600 families, the majority of them Christians, after a Muslim body claimed that their land and homes were once donated as charity for Muslim welfare. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, president of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference ...
Nearing 80, 'Minnesota's Mother Teresa' remains devoted
Oct 13, 2022 · Dubbed "Minnesota's Mother Teresa" and honored with a Presidential Citizens Medal, Copeland's celebrity has grown along with her impact. The Minnesota native is founder and director of Sharing and Caring Hands, a large facility behind Target Field that provides clothing and food to 300-500 poor and marginalized people daily.
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Vietnam continues crackdown on critics. Monday August 5, 2024. The latest to be arrested is a 68-year-old man charged with ‘abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon interests of State’.
Bishop decrees alleged Marian apparitions 'not supernatural'
Mar 7, 2024 · The Marian apparitions claimed to have taken place outside of Rome were decreed "not supernatural" by the local bishop. Since 2016, Gisella Cardia has claimed to be seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in the central Italian town of Trevignano Romano, some 30 miles north of Rome, after bringing a statue of Mary with her from a trip to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, which she said began to shed ...
Korean Christian cult demands ban on critical Netflix drama
Mar 14, 2023 · A South Korea-based Christian cult that came under criticism after a Netflix drama exposed the alleged dark sides of the cults and their leaders filed a court case seeking suspension of the streaming, says a report. The cult, Baby Garden Church, filed an injunction against the streaming of two episodes of Netflix’s documentary series “In ...