Gunmen shot dead an Armenian Catholic priest and his father as they were traveling in a car in northeastern Syria. The attack was claimed by the so-called Islamic State group. Father Hovsep Bedoyan, the head of the Armenian Catholic community in the the...
Priests and parishioners have barricaded themselves in a Catholic church in the Chinese province of Hebei. According to reports, the Catholics are attempting to prevent the Chinese government from tearing down the Church. The protest began at 6am on Oct 31 morning at...
Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Thailand from 20 to 23 November, after which he proceeds to Japan, 23 to 26 November, before returning to Rome. This will be the second visit of a Pontiff to Thailand in over 35 years, after that of Pope Saint John Paul II in 1984....
As demonstrations pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realization that all are humans and not “cockroaches or dogs.” Ucanews.org reported Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha Chishing of Hong Kong...
An 81-year-old Catholic nun, who served as a prison counsellor in Singapore for four decades, has been named on this year’s BBC list of 100 influential and inspiring global women. Good Shepherd Sister Gerard Fernandez, who led the Catholic Church’s prison ministry in...
