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Four Finns arrested on Langkawi Island for handing out pamphlets related to Christianity

Four Finnish citizens were arrested on Langkawi Island, a well-known tourist destination in Kedah State, for allegedly distributing pamphlets related to Christianity, local police reported. If convicted, they could get two to five years in prison. On Langkawi, the largest island in the eponymous archipelago, Police Chief Mohamad Iqbal Ibrahim said that his officers arrested […]

Card Charles Maung Bo is the new president of Asia’s bishops

Card Charles Maung Bo will be the new president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) On 1st January 2019. The archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar) was elect- ed in Bangkok (Thailand), at a meeting of the FABC Central Committee. The Myanmar cardinal replaces Card Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay (India), who will end his […]

Protecting Aasia Bibi is state’s duty, says top judge

Chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has said blasphemy accused Aasia Bibi ‘was trapped’ without any proofs and that sending her abroad for protection would be tantamount to failure of the state. The CJP, who is currently in London, expressed these views on November 22 while visiting the British Parliament where he was […]

Saudi school textbooks teach violence, anti-Semitism, ADL report says

Textbooks for high school students in Saudi Arabia promote hatred against Jews, Christians, women, homosexual men and other Muslim sects despite repeated promises to return the country to a more moderate form of Islam, according to a report released. The Anti-Defamation League highlighted that some text books include anti-Semitic stereotypes. Among the goals of Zionism is a “global […]

Protecting Aasia Bibi is state’s duty, says top judge

Church demolition in a Liaocheng parish sparks members’ outrage

Government authorities in the city of Liaocheng (Shandong province) demolished several buildings that date back to 1930, officially because they lacked the necessary certificates. The structures belonged to the Catholic parish of Chaocheng. Church members did not stand idly by but moved into the remaining building to prevent its demolition. The forced demolition took place […]

Jesuit youth movement marks 12 years in Bangladesh

Magis Bangla, the Bangladeshi chapter of an international Catholic youth movement sponsored by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), is marking its 12th anniversary in the country. The Nov. 8-10 celebrations at Jesuit-run Novojyoti Niketan (Home of New Light) in Gazipur district near capital Dhaka include a gathering of more than 150 current and former members […]

Manila welcomes impunity index ranking on press freedom

The Philippines welcomed what officials described was the country’s “improved ranking in this year’s Global Impunity Index on press freedom based on a report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The Global Impunity Index report, which was released in time for the observance of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against […]

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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