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Six World Vision workers killed in Pakistan thumbnail Six World Vision workers killed in Pakistan
Six Pakistani workers from the US-based Christian charity World Vision were shot dead and ...
Fujian priest detained over youth camp thumbnail Fujian priest detained over youth camp
Police have detained an “underground” priest of Mindong diocese, eastern China, and fined his ...
New Cistercian Abbey for Sri Lanka thumbnail New Cistercian Abbey for Sri Lanka
After completing their training in an Austrian Abbey, four newly trained monks will return ...
Japanese get to work on new Bible translation thumbnail Japanese get to work on new Bible translation
The Japan Bible Society (JBS) is about to start work on a new edition of ...
85 million women ‘missing’ in China, India: UN report thumbnail 85 million women ‘missing’ in China, India: UN report
A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report has found that "China and India together ...
Dissident Vietnam lawyer detained, freed thumbnail Dissident Vietnam lawyer detained, freed
A Vietnamese Christian lawyer, detained for four hours shortly after her release from three ...

Church in the World

Vatican exorcist warns on ’smoke of Satan’ thumbnail Vatican exorcist warns on ’smoke of Satan’
Sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is ...
Schonborn says study celibacy, abuse links thumbnail Schonborn says study celibacy, abuse links
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn has said that priestly celibacy should be considered in studying ...
Polish Catholic paper loses abortion ‘kill’ case thumbnail Polish Catholic paper loses abortion ‘kill’ case
A Polish Catholic weekly has lost an appeal and is being obliged to pay ...
German Church launches new abuse investigations thumbnail German Church launches new abuse investigations
Germany's Catholic Church has ordered two separate investigations yesterday into allegations of widespread sexual ...

Features

Working Brothers of Jesus seek new members

They work in factories, earn a salary and some of them even celebrate Mass. Are they priests or are they laymen? (UCA News)  More >

Uighurs failed by Cambodia’s sham refugee law

In June last year a solitary Uighur from Xinjiang Province in China arrived in Phnom Penh seeking asylum. He registered his claim with the Cambodian Government and with UNHCR. (Fr Frank Brennan, Eureka...  More >

Vietnamese nuns stop women terminating pregnancies

A Church-run home in Hue, central Vietnam, is helping to stop women aborting their babies by providing a safe haven for them to have their children. (UCA News)  More >

Featured Websites

International Association of Lay Cistercian Communities

The website of the International Association of Lay Cistercian Communities provides information about Lay Cistercian Communities around the world, the monasteries with which they are associated, and the...  More >

The Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan

The Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan community responds to needs that arise within the Church in Korea, serving within 12 of its dioceses.  More >

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  1. Six World Vision workers killed in Pakistan
  2. Fujian priest detained over youth camp
  3. New Cistercian Abbey for Sri Lanka
  4. Japanese get to work on new Bible translation
  5. Vatican exorcist warns on ’smoke of Satan’
  6. Schonborn says study celibacy, abuse links
  7. Working Brothers of Jesus seek new members
  8. Uighurs failed by Cambodia’s sham refugee law
  9. International Association of Lay Cistercian Communities
  10. Pope: “Violence does not resolve conflicts!”
  1. Finally!!! I spent six months in Sri Lanka and the Buddhist monastic life there...
    Said tonydec123 on 2010-03-12 09:09:11
  2. This website becomes a political debate rather doing god's works...
    Said EdwinTran on 2010-03-11 14:15:33
  3. Maybe we can ask some order in Medan/Pematangsiantar according to this tipoc. Th...
    Said donikusuma on 2010-03-10 02:19:48
  4. ONLY CONFESSING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD CAN ABSOLVE YOU OF EARTHLY SIN. ONLY JE...
    Said Jakoba on 2010-03-09 05:40:06
  5. I'm heartened that the magazine made a public apology. It show that there ar...
    Said Andrew on 2010-03-08 10:06:06
  6. The Vatican should pay for the acts carried out by its employees as any large co...
    Said Rob. N. on 2010-03-07 21:24:36
  7. We need many more young Catholics who excel in their field and who are not afrai...
    Said JoseP on 2010-03-06 21:23:49
  8. I'm Vietnamese catholic . I'm very happy when I hear and see that . ...
    Said josephhuy on 2010-03-05 21:34:18
  9. From Singapore, Praise the Lord for this unification. In the end, we are now as ...
    Said anthonyhtc2000 on 2010-03-05 17:24:52
  10. finally...........he is saying something...........
    Said rainersg on 2010-03-05 08:15:26
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