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POPE WILLING TO MEET NORTH KOREAN LEADER: VATICAN OFFICIAL‍

Pope Francis is considering an unprecedented visit to North Korea, according to a Vatican official. An invitation from Kim Jong Un was relayed to the Pope by South Korea President Moon Jae-in during a meeting in the Vatican on October 18. It would be the first visit by a Pope to the reclusive East A

IN VIETNAM’S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FAITH IS SPREADING

Every Sunday, Paul Rmah Bral and a partner, along with other friendly men in pairs, travel around on motorbikes in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region introducing villagers to Catholic values. Bral is a 60-year-old ethnic Jarai, part of a wider group known as Montagnards, who speak a Malayo-Polynesian language related to other tongues in the Asia-Pacific […]

CHINA ECONOMICS SPURS MYANMAR RELIGIOUS REPRESSION

In recent months there has been a crackdown on religious practices by an ethnic militia force in a remote region on Myanmar’s mountainous border with China. Churches in northern Shan State have been closed, crosses torn down and pastors and other Christian leaders detained by the United Wa State Army (UWSA). On October 9 about […]

AUTHORITIES SHUT DOWN SIX MORE CHURCHES IN GUIYANG

At least six unregistered Protestant churches in Guiyang city, Guizhou Province in Southwest China were shut down by authorities on 8 October. All six churches are from the same district and it is believed that similar forced closures are occurring in other districts in the city. The churches, which have a total of around […]

Pakistani Islamists issue warning over Asia Bibi

A hard-line Islamic group known for supporting Pakistan’s tough blasphemy law has warned against any release on bail of jailed Catholic woman Asia Bibi. The nation’s Supreme Court earlier announced that it would consider the issue of bail pending hearing of an appeal by the Catholic mother of five against a death sentenced imposed by a […]

Update: Pakistan court rules on Catholic’s blasphemy charge, defers announcement

A court in Pakistan has reached a decision on whether a Catholic woman will become the first person to hang to death under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. A special bench of the Supreme Court, sitting in Islamabad, reached a verdict on October 8 on the fate of Asia Bibi, but publication has been deferred […]

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POPE WILLING TO MEET NORTH KOREAN LEADER: VATICAN OFFICIAL

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