The head of Myanmar’s only private Catholic educational institution has described the graduation of its latest batch of students as “an act of resilience” amid ongoing armed conflict and instability in the country. The students at St. Joseph’s Institute “have...
Catholic bishops in South Korea issued a circular warning Catholics from any association with the controversial Marian shrine in Naju, which is not recognized by the Korean Church and the Vatican. The Jan. 12 letter signed by Father Lee Cheol-su, secretary general of...
A new app is now available that lets people confirm that they are alive with a single click. If no such confirmation is received within 48 hours, the app sends a notification to a designated contact. This is how Sileme works, a basic Chinese app that has...
The Putrajaya Court of Appeal ruled in favour of a Christian politician — Federal Territories Minister Hannah Yeoh — in a defamation case against former police inspector general Musa Hassan, who had publicly accused her of being part of a ‘religious conspiracy’...
A financial crisis has halted the Catholic Church’s efforts to reclaim the site of Bangladesh’s first church, leaving the 426-year-old foundation in Satkhira occupied and unpreserved. Two Portuguese Jesuit priests — Father Francesco Fernandes and Father Domingo de...
