Category: Asia
Philippines reels under onslaught of latest typhoon
MANILA (Agencies): Typhoon Vamco (known locally as Ulysses) ploughed into the Philippines on November 12,…
Protestant church buildings ordered shut, demolished and sold in China
HONG KONG (UCAN): More than 70 Protestant churches and venues have been shut and ordered…
Specially adapted confessionals at Seoul’s Myeongdong Cathedral
SEOUL (UCAN): Confessions have resumed at Seoul’s Myeongdong Cathedral in specially adapted confessionals that will…
Commemorative medals to mark Korean saint’s birth anniversary
SEOUL (UCAN): Church officials and government representatives in South Korea have agreed to issue commemorative…
Winning a battle but not the war against open-pit mining
Joseph Peter Calleja Catholic bishops in the Philippines have long fought against open-pit mining—a surface…
