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Airport echoes with sobs and farewells in Hong Kong exodus

Twice a day Hong Kong’s virtually de-serted airport fills with the sound of tearful goodbyes as residents fearful for their future under China’s increa-singly authoritarian rule start a new life over-seas, mostly in Britain. London flights tend to leave in the afternoon and late evening, and for a few hours it briefly feels like the […]

Korean charity pledges help to Myanmar refugees

A South Korean priest-run charity is raising funds to provide tents and essential supplies to 300 refugees in Kayah state, a Catholic stronghold in eastern Myanmar. Korea Hope Founda-tion, a charity based in capital Seoul, has Father Choi Ki-sik as chairman of its board. The priest in Seoul Archdiocese has appeal-ed: “Let’s work together for a world […]

Japan prelate named secretary general of Asian bishops’ federation

Japanese Archbishop Tarci-sio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo has been appointed as the new Se-cretary General of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Archbishop Kikuchi replaced Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-Sang of Macau, who resigned from the post this month. The FABC announced the archbishops’ appointment in a letter sent to its member episcopal conferences on Thursday, […]

Bangladeshi Catholics celebrate the first local priest to take up a Vatican diplomatic post

Pope Francis appointed Fr Linku Lenard Gomes, 39, as Secretary to the Apostolic Nun-ciature in Panama on 1 July. The clergyman received the decision with a mixture of emo-tion and amazement. “Although I am not the most eligible, God chose me for his work. I will surely use my talents to perform my service in […]

Hong Kongers arrested for sedition over children’s books

Five members of a Hong Kong union behind a series of children’s books about sheep trying to hold back wolves from their village have been arrested for sedition, police announced on July 22. The arrests by the new national security police unit, which is spearheading a sweeping crackdown on dissent, are the latest action against […]

Indonesian police arrest 3 for attacking Protestant church

Police have arrested three people in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province for attacking a Protestant church. The attackers threw stones at the church belonging to the Congregation of Christ Church in the provincial capital Samarinda on July 8, smashing its windows, according to police. The three were arrested soon after the early-morning attack after police examined the […]

Hòa Hung, the thousand faces of charity in one parish

The new wave of Covid-19 in Vietnam is putting a strain on the poor. How-ever, it is also an opportunity for many to discover the vitality of Catholic realities as in the parish of Hòa Hung, in the archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, which is not at all discouraged in these difficult times. In 1946, the […]

Vietnam jails dissident writer on anti-state charge

A court in Hanoi has jailed a dissident writer who used to work for a state-run radio station for satirizing government leaders. On July 9, the People’s Court of Hanoi City sentenced Pham Chi Thanh to five-and-a-half years in jail for “making, hoard-ing, disseminating and spreading information and documents against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,” […]

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Pope To Syro-malabar Faithful: Unity Is A Duty

The Goa Bench Of The Bombay High Court Grants Relief For Protestant Pastor, Wife