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BIBLE STILL MOST READ BOOK IN PHILIPPINES

Centuries after Spanish missionaries first introduced it in the Philippines, the Bible remains to be the most widely read book in the country in the last year, according to the state-run National Book Development Board (NBDB). During his presentation of the results of the 2017 NBDB Readership Survey in Quezon City on September 28, UP School of […]

VIETNAM UPHOLDS CATHOLIC ACTIVIST’S HARSH SENTENCE

An appeals court in central Vietnam has confirmed a harsh sentence imposed on a Catholic activist accused of trying to overthrow the nation’s communist government. Attorney Dang Dinh Manh said on Oct. 18 that the Superior People’s Court upheld John Baptist Le Dinh Luong’s sentence of 20-years’ imprisonment to be followed by five years of […]

IN VIETNAM’S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FAITH IS SPREADING

Every Sunday, Paul Rmah Bral and a partner, along with other friendly men in pairs, travel around on motorbikes in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region introducing villagers to Catholic values. Bral is a 60-year-old ethnic Jarai, part of a wider group known as Montagnards, who speak a Malayo-Polynesian language related to other tongues in the Asia-Pacific […]

CHINA ECONOMICS SPURS MYANMAR RELIGIOUS REPRESSION

In recent months there has been a crackdown on religious practices by an ethnic militia force in a remote region on Myanmar’s mountainous border with China. Churches in northern Shan State have been closed, crosses torn down and pastors and other Christian leaders detained by the United Wa State Army (UWSA). On October 9 about […]

AUTHORITIES SHUT DOWN SIX MORE CHURCHES IN GUIYANG

At least six unregistered Protestant churches in Guiyang city, Guizhou Province in Southwest China were shut down by authorities on 8 October. All six churches are from the same district and it is believed that similar forced closures are occurring in other districts in the city. The churches, which have a total of around […]

Pakistani Islamists issue warning over Asia Bibi

A hard-line Islamic group known for supporting Pakistan’s tough blasphemy law has warned against any release on bail of jailed Catholic woman Asia Bibi. The nation’s Supreme Court earlier announced that it would consider the issue of bail pending hearing of an appeal by the Catholic mother of five against a death sentenced imposed by a […]

Update: Pakistan court rules on Catholic’s blasphemy charge, defers announcement

A court in Pakistan has reached a decision on whether a Catholic woman will become the first person to hang to death under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. A special bench of the Supreme Court, sitting in Islamabad, reached a verdict on October 8 on the fate of Asia Bibi, but publication has been deferred […]

Indonesian Christians seek solace in Church

Indonesian Christians sought solace on October 7 in churches in the city of Palu, hard hit by an earthquake and a tsunami that roiled central Sulawesi, killing 1,649 people and seriously injuring some 2,500 people. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country, but there are Christian communities throughout the archipelago. During a service in […]

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