Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was arrested March 11 and detained at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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A pastoral center on the grounds of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Nan Hlaing, located in the northern Diocese of Banmaw, was targeted and destroyed by two aerial bombs.
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Former Vietnamese communist nurse who once baptized sick child will be baptized at Easter
by UCA Newsby UCA NewsDau Kieu Giang baptized a sick child when she was an atheist and Communist Party member, but she is getting ready to be baptized herself at the Easter Vigil.
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India’s Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal seeking to end discrimination against socially poor Dalit Catholics in a parish in southern India.
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Nigerian priest’s murder illustrates the grave situation for Christians facing persecution for their faith around the world, says pontifical charity.
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(OSV News) — Thousands of people gathered Feb. 16 in the small village of Pyin Oo Lwin in Myanmar to pay their final respects to Father Donald Martin Ye Naing …
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — Bangladesh’s oldest and largest Catholic pilgrimage, venerating St. Anthony of Padua, drew thousands to the Archdiocese of Dhaka’s shrine for an event that through the years …
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(OSV News) — An international online database of clergy who face allegations or have been convicted of child sexual abuse launched its Philippine listing Jan. 29, drawing a sharp response from …
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Lunar New Year coinciding with Jubilee Year seen as time for ‘change, renewal’
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Coinciding with the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year, the Lunar New Year “can be a time of change and renewal” of faith, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen …
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Catholic chaplain in Hong Kong says church called to accompany migrants in the streets
by Paul Jeffreyby Paul JeffreyHONG KONG (OSV News) — A Catholic priest who works with migrant domestic servants in Hong Kong says the church does its best work today not inside church buildings, but …
