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Thai agency blocked from Hmong refugee access thumbnail Thai agency blocked from Hmong refugee access
Thailand's Catholic Office for Emergency and Refugees which looked after some 4,000 ethnic Hmong ...
Pakistan blasphemy law to be revised thumbnail Pakistan blasphemy law to be revised
Pakistani Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti has said that the government plans to revise ...
Hindu leader offers olive branch to Kerala Christians thumbnail Hindu leader offers olive branch to Kerala Christians
The leader of a right-wing Hindu group has held out an olive branch to ...
Priest loses six relatives in Karachi blast thumbnail Priest loses six relatives in Karachi blast
A Catholic priest has lost six relatives in twin blasts in Pakistan’s commercial capital ...
Tamil battleground visit shocks Lankan bishop thumbnail Tamil battleground visit shocks Lankan bishop
Tamil Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam has visited the Sri Lankan civil war’s final battlefield for ...
North Korea frees US Christian activist thumbnail North Korea frees US Christian activist
Pyongyang’s decision to “forgive and release” American Christian activist Robert Park may be a ...

Church in the World

Kasper proposes ecumenical catechism thumbnail Kasper proposes ecumenical catechism
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity President, Cardinal Walter Kasper, has proposed the development of ...
Priests violated children’s human rights: Pope thumbnail Priests violated children’s human rights: Pope
Addressing a conference on protecting children, Pope Benedict has warned that the church must ...
Rode says religious orders in crisis thumbnail Rode says religious orders in crisis
Vatican Cardinal Franc Rode has said that religious orders today are in a "crisis" ...
Mexico inaugurates its first exorcism church thumbnail Mexico inaugurates its first exorcism church
Mexico's Catholic Church has inaugurated its first ever church dedicated to exorcisms. The Church located ...

Features

Korean priest heartened by Pope’s message on new media

The Pope’s recent message on the pastoral use of new media is a vindication for Father Matthew Cho Myeong-yeon. (UCA News) More >

Using multilingual education for the Philippines’ indigenous

Multilingual education (MLE) is a major trend in addressing education needs of indigenous peoples and communities in the greater margins of many Asian countries. (ESSC News) More >

Indonesian religious puppetry show turns 50

Catholics in Surakarta, Central Java, recently marked the 50th anniversary of a local puppetry show which depicts biblical stories. (UCA News) More >

Featured Websites

Faith Fortnightly

The Faith Fortnightly website appears to contain news and resources related to the Chruch in China and the universal Church. More >

Holy Spirit Study Centre, Hong Kong

The Holy Spirit Study Centre (HSSC) is an organ of the Diocese of Hong Kong. It was established in 1980 by the late Cardinal John Baptist Wu as an expression of pastoral concern for China and the Church...  More >

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  1. Friend recommendation - 67 emails
  2. Evangelize through new technologies: Pope - 9 emails
  3. ‘Co-responsible’ not ‘collaborators’: US bishop tells laity - 8 emails
  4. Bible scholar says God did not ‘create’ world - 8 emails
  5. Indian nun left over ’soul-sapping’ lack of freedom - 6 emails
  6. Malaysia seizes 15,000 bibles over use of ‘Allah’ - 5 emails
  7. Pope’s cosmic vision for peace and environment - 5 emails
  8. Falling altar kills man who came to give thanks - 4 emails
  9. Canadian bishop arrested over child porn, resigns - 4 emails
  10. Priestly activity for political reform - 4 emails
  1. Vietnam church tackles domestic violence
  2. Vatican launches new iPhone, Facebook apps
  3. Militarisation as insidious as corruption
  4. Pakistan situation 'alarming': Saldanha
  5. Indonesian bishop on the net
  6. Indonesian bishops talk to candidates
  7. Be aware of climate change implications on relief work: Caritas
  8. US Senators call for Fr Ly release
  9. Karnataka Christians seek ban on radicals
  10. Church by the river
  1. Thai agency blocked from Hmong refugee access
  2. Pakistan blasphemy law to be revised
  3. Hindu leader offers olive branch to Kerala Christians
  4. Priest loses six relatives in Karachi blast
  5. Kasper proposes ecumenical catechism
  6. Priests violated children’s human rights: Pope
  7. Korean priest heartened by Pope’s message on new media
  8. Using multilingual education for the Philippines’ indigenous
  9. Faith Fortnightly
  10. Benedict XVI calls for justice in his Lenten message
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    Said sensit on 2010-02-08 03:14:27
  3. Respected Mr SibinilI have nowhere and in no way claimed that Allah is a...
    Said Henrik Ertner Rasmussen on 2010-02-06 04:13:54
  4. Shall more Catholics make police reports?...
    Said Jimmy on 2010-02-05 11:28:04
  5. The situation of the Church in China is so complex that different appreciations ...
    Said Fr. Rocco Bettoli on 2010-02-05 07:41:31
  6. land reform is a failure and creates a class struggle, a social disorder, disec...
    Said dpg on 2010-02-04 18:44:25
  7. All these things are only talking to waste time.... Improve your ideology and wo...
    Said zaheer on 2010-02-04 13:12:18
  8. Equality is for all in all the religions and i think POP decision is rigth.....
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    Said ALLAH IS ONE on 2010-02-04 13:08:01
  10. Common farmers and consumers are not aware of the adverse effects of BTBrinjal. ...
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    With 29 comments since 2010-01-15 05:13:26
  2. Promote peace and dev: SL bishops tell new president
    With 6 comments since 2010-01-28 06:12:05
  3. Avatar's 'stale plot' lacks emotion: L'Osservatore
    With 4 comments since 2010-01-12 05:33:28
  4. Priest defends Vietnam religious freedom
    With 4 comments since 2010-01-18 05:48:25
  5. Campaigner warns on Vietnam religious freedom
    With 3 comments since 2010-01-22 06:29:44
  6. Filipino liturgist challenges 'reform of the reform'
    With 3 comments since 2010-01-25 05:56:01
  7. Bishop accuses Jews of Holocaust 'propaganda'
    With 3 comments since 2010-01-26 03:09:57
  8. Forty killed after attack on Nigerian Catholic church
    With 2 comments since 2010-01-19 05:08:03
  9. Bangalore college to lose uni status
    With 2 comments since 2010-01-21 05:34:39
  10. A letter to a Muslim friend
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