The Vatican expressed “grave concern” today for a Chinese bishop who it says was “forcibly removed” from his office several weeks ago and whose whereabouts are unknown. The matter is the latest episode in a wider, decades old dispute between the Vatican and China’s...
Buddhist, Christian and Muslim clergy are calling for the release of suspected Tamil separatists held for years under Sri Lanka’s controversial anti-terrorism laws. The prisoners are believed to have been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act issued during...
Police have looked the other way as groups of youths have terrorized a Catholic community in northeast Vietnam. Ucanews.com reported that, throughout June, gangs of youths — wearing red T-shirts with yellow stars and waving national flags — have attacked Catholics and...
Two Chinese nuns have been on a hunger strike since June 12 because they say they have not been properly com-pensated for the disbanding of their religious congregation. They are sisters Gao Wanjuan and Jiao Jialin of Our Lady of Good Counsel in southeast Jiangxi...
A mosque in Al Mushrif, a district in the capital Abu Dhabi, has been renamed as ‘Mariam, Umm Eisa’ — Arabic for ‘Mary, the mother of Jesus.’ The change on June 14 was ordered by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander...
