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THOUSANDS JOIN ANNUAL CATHOLIC PROCESSION IN MANILA

Hundreds of thousands of people have thronged the streets of Manila to fling themselves at a statue of Jesus Christ as it inched its way through the Philippine capital in an annual procession that is one of the world’s biggest shows of Catholic devotion. The faithful gathered before dawn on Jan 9 to catch a […]

DUTERTE CALLS PHILIPPINE BISHOPS ‘SONS OF BITCHES’

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his attacks on bishops in the Catholic majority country by describing them as “sons of bitches.” The outspoken leader has been criticized by the Church for his war on drugs in which 5,000 people have been killed by police since 2016. “Only I can say bishops are sons of […]

SRI LANKAN CARTOONIST SENDS CATHOLIC MESSAGES IN A MOVIE

Camillus Perera’s father was so impressed with his son’s sketches and cartoons in his younger years that he told him: “One day you will capture the attention of the world.” The comment proved prophetic. Now Perera, a devout Catholic, is one of the most famous cartoonists in Sri Lanka — a country in chaos as […]

SINGAPORE’S ‘SHEPHERDS’ SPREAD CATHOLIC MESSAGE

Singapore may be known as a fast-paced financial centre but its growing Catholic community is spreading the word of God even at work. Established in 2008 as a non-profit organization under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Singapore, the Catholic Business Network (CBN) brings together thousands of “friends” willing to serve the community and promote […]

VIETNAMESE BISHOP CONDEMNS DEMOLITION OF 100 HOMES

Redemptorists and a bishop have condemned Vietnamese officials for destroying more than 100 houses and called on the government to compensate victims. “I learned with great sorrow of the destruction of your beloved homes and properties by the authorities in Ho Chi Minh City,” Bishop Vincent Nguyen Van Long of Parramatta in Australia told the […]

FILIPINO BISHOP TELLS CATHOLICS TO IGNORE DUTERTE TIRADES

A former head of the Philippines’ Catholic bishop’s conference, has called on people to ignore President Rodrigo Duterte’s repeated rants against the church. In his New Year message, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan said those who call God stupid and teach that it is useless to go to church are “anti-Christ.” “Do not listen to […]

40 MISSIONARIES KILLED IN THE YEAR 2018

In the course of the year 2018, 40 Missionaries were killed throughout the world, almost double the 23 of the previous year, and they were priests for the most part: 35. After eight consecutive years in which the highest number of Missionaries killed was recorded in America, in 2018 it is Africa to take the […]

INCORPORATE INDIAN CIVILISATION’S VALUES IN YOUR LIVES: GOA ARCHBISHOP

Christmas should help people lead lives with values like ‘samvedana’ (sensitivity) and ‘karuna’ (compassion), which form the ethos of the Indian civilization, Goa’s Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao said in his annual civic reception address on Dec. 28. “May he lead our lives along the paths of ‘samvedana’ and ‘karuna’ and enable us to live according […]