The Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of Hong Kong has held a Mass to pray for missing underground Bp. James Su Zhimin, who was seized by Chinese authorities 20 years ago. The Mass was also dedicated to other clerics detained by Chinese authorities. Or Yan Yan, a...
Pope Francis’ visit to Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh has coaxed an overdue show of compassion from Aung San Suu Kyi for her Muslim Rohingya countrymen. In tandem with confirmation of the typically packed papal itinerary that begins in Yangon Nov. 27 and winds up...
A community-based drug rehabi-litation program run by Manila Arch-diocese has received a boost from Pope Francis a year after it’s launch. Card. Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila said the pontiff was excited about the program, called Sanlakbay (One Journey), which has so...
The Holy See has asked Indonesian Bishop Hubertus Leteng, who recently resigned over allegations of theft and having an affair, to return the church funds he is accused of stealing. The request over the missing money was not mentioned in an Oct. 11 announcement by...
After the death of their teenage son on his third day of school, his family says they just want to know what happened. On their son’s third day of high school, the parents of 17-year-old Sharoon Masih learned that he had been in a fight, had suffered a serious injury,...
