Bishop warns Filipino priests on pride, arrogance

Priests must guard against arrogance and abuse of power, Filipino Bishop Luis Antonio Tagle has told the national congress of clergy in a closed-door session.

Japanese bishops visit historic eco battle site

Eight bishops have visited the still-tainted site where Japan’s first environmentalist took on a mining company over the pollution it caused.

Thousands turn out for Shazia funeral

Thousands turned out at Lahore’s Catholic Cathedral Monday for the funeral of Shazia, the 12-year-old Christian domestic servant who is alleged to have died from mistreatment at the hands of her employers.

Chop off church vandals’ hands: Indian state leader

Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa has told a public meeting that the hands of those who vandalize churches should be “cut off.”

Retired Irish prelate slams Archbishop Martin

Retired Irish Bishop Dermot O’Mahony has challenged the support Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has shown for his priests and the current diocesan policy since the publication of the Irish government’s report on abuse in church instutitions.

Bible could be centuries older than previously thought

An ancient Hebrew inscription on a shard of pottery, deciphered by an Israeli academic, shows that the Hebrew Bible could have been written hundreds of years earlier than previously believed.

Villagers see the forest as their future

Logging and agricultural expansion have destroyed much of Myanmar’s teak forests. (UCA News)

A Franciscan challenge in China

When the Franciscans can count a significant group of native Chinese among there number, a goal of the order will have been achieved and the Church will have a working model of inculturation. (Zenit)

St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala

St. Anne’s College in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka traces its roots back to 1867, with an enrollment of 101.

Archbishop Belo and the Dili Massacre

This feature looks at East Timor’s Archbishop Carlos Belo and his solidarity with the suffering Timorese, especially in the days of unrest that followed the nation’s independence from Indonesia

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