Hong Kong Catholic paper slams Tsang

Hong Kong Catholic weekly newspaper Kung Kao Po has criticised Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, a Catholic, for making what they say is a distorted moral judgment on the 4 June 1989 massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

African archbishop resigns after Vatican investigation

Pope Benedict has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo from the Central African Republic following an investigation into priests of his diocese who live more or less openly with women and the children they have fathered.

US gets sixth Catholic Supreme Court judge

If confirmed, new US Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, will be the sixth Catholic on the nine member court.

Student leader, new bride killed in Nepal bombing

Fifteen year old Young Christian Students leader, Celeste Joseph, and 18 year old bride, Deepa Patrick, were those killed in the Sunday bombing of Kathmandu’s Assumption Church.

Pakistan religious minorities taxed by Taliban

As civilians flee conflict in Pakistan’s mountainous Swat valley region, religious minorities among the refugees say that the Taliban had imposed extra taxes on them and even blown up Christian schools.

China compendium clarifies: Observers

Church-in-China observers believe the compendium to Pope Benedict’s 2007 letter to Chinese Catholics will not adversely affect China-Vatican ties and in fact actually clarifies the ambiguities in the letter.
The compendium, with its 23 questions and corresponding answers, was released on the Holy See’s website on May 24, the World Prayer Day for the Church in [...]

Columban Missionaries - Philippines

The Columban Missionary Society came to the Philippines in 1929. Since then, they have been sharing the joys and sorrows of the people in Luzon, Negros, Cebu and Mindanao.

Praise of joint Church stand on insurgency

As Pakistan’s security forces remain locked in battle with Taliban militants in the country’s northwest, the mainstream Churches have jointly called for structural, legal and policy reforms to pave the way for peace.

St Joseph’s ’silent’ healing priest

He has been officiating healing masses for almost ten years nationwide and overseas, but Fr Nelson Osorio, OSJ admits that he is not a “big time” healing priest.

Missioner’s life-changing experience

This is a short video highlighting Fr Michael Walsh’s vocation journey with Maryknoll, the Catholic Foreign Mission Society based in the US.

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