Vinh Catholics face charges

Vietnamese police have announced that seven Catholics who were detained following the violent police raid at Tam Toa church will now face criminal charges.
Major General Hoang Cong Tu, Deputy General Director of the General Security Department under the Ministry of Public Security announced the decision at a Hanoi press conference, Viet Catholic reports.
The Vinh diocese [...]

Catholic schools to teach ‘Cory history’

As healing prayers for former Philippines President Corazon Aquino reach a peak, the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines has asked teachers to emphasize Mrs Aquino’s significant role in restoring the country’s democracy.
“We call on our member schools to make our students understand and value the pivotal role of President Cory in the history of [...]

Karnataka priest’s naked body found on roadside

Karnataka Catholic priest, Fr James Mukalel, 39 has been found murdered in a remote area near Mangalore, southern India.
Fr Mukalel’s  naked body was found on a roadside in the morning of July 30, UCA News reports. The priest worked in Belthangady diocese, a Syro-Malabar diocese, with its headquarters near Mangalore, in Karnataka state.
Fr Thomas Kannankal, [...]

Parishioners accuse Gwangju archbishop of ‘protecting’ priest

A “reconciliation” Mass at Gwangju’s Imdong Cathedral turned into a protest as parishioners vented their anger over what they believed to be local Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou protecting a former parish priest who allegedly misappropriated money from the cathedral.
During the July 26 Mass in Imdong Cathedral in Gwangju (Kwangju), presided over by Archbishop Choi and [...]

Green pope develops eco-thought

Pope Benedict will focus on the connection between protecting the environment and working for peace in his message for World Peace Day in 2010, the Vatican has announced.
The theme the pope has chosen for the Jan. 1 celebration is “If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Safeguard Creation,” CNS reports.
The Vatican said the pope intends to [...]

Nigeria becoming ‘talibanized’

Hundreds are believed dead in Nigeria from three days of violence blamed on a group dubbed the “Nigerian Taliban”. The local Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace warned of rising radical Islamists.
Police in Nigeria have freed more than 180 women and children from a house in the north of the country where they had [...]

Islamization and pluralism in Pakistan

[Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali] Jinnah set a pluralistic model for Pakistan to grow as a modern Muslim state. After his death in 1948, however, this model was largely ignored and incumbent leaders in Pakistan, which is 96.5 percent Muslim, have often used religion as a tool to divide rather unite. (Haroon Nasir, The Daily Star)
In 1949, [...]

Kolkata Jesuit college develops on-campus clean energy

A Jesuit college in eastern India has taken the lead in developing in-house technology to harness green energy for the institution’s various needs. (UCA News)
Jesuit Father John Felix Raj, principal of St. Xavier’s Autonomous College in Kolkata, says green energy is the answer to overcoming severe power shortages affecting the city.
The college has developed an [...]

Catholic Business Network Singapore

The Catholic Business Network Singapore (CBN Singapore) is a non-profit organization  set up by a group of professionals and businessmen, to act  as a platform for their network development in Singapore and to promote the inculcation of  Catholic values and ethics their work.
“CBN encourages members to live out the Church’s social mission, spreading the love [...]

Kazakhstan - The Promise – Trailer

This feature, produced by the Catholic Radio and Television Network (CRTN),  touches the history of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan in the era when Stalin ordered the deportation of whole peoples of the Catholic tradition - for example, some half a million from Poland - to Central Asia.
From 1930 onwards, many Polish priests were deported  and [...]

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