Promotion of inter-religious dialogue in Indonesia’s multi-religious cultural context is a top priority, says an Indian nun working in the Bali Island of the South East Asian nation. “It is Catholic Church’s calling that we make efforts to foster and strengthen the...
The Holy See has appointed an apostolic visitator to look into claims by Indonesian rebel priests that their bishop kept a mistress and misappropriated church funds. Holy Cross Bishop Antonius Subianto Bunjamin of Bandung was assigned to investigate and will visit...
Catholics in a northern diocese of Vietnam were shocked to see a fire destroying one of the oldest churches in the country. In the early hours of Aug. 6, firefighters failed to put out the fire, which devastated the wooden interior and the tiled roof of the Trung Lao...
Religion News Service takes a look at a couple of interesting issues that have surfaced recently. The first has Pope Francis proclaiming a fourth route to sainthood. Giving one’s life for someone else, even if it is not in defense of Christianity can now lead to...
About one in 10 Protestant churches has had someone embezzle funds, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research, which says it could be due to churches’ reliance on volunteers to handle their finances. 9% of pastors say that their church has witnessed embezzlement...
