Korean Catholics demand Japan apologise to ‘comfort women’
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Korean Catholics demand Japan apologise to ‘comfort women’

SEOUL (UCAN): Catholics in South Korea have urged the Japanese government to offer a sincere…

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Timor Leste issues stern warning against sexual abuse
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Timor Leste issues stern warning against sexual abuse

DILI (UCAN): The top education officials in Timor-Leste have warned of stern punitive action against…

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Caritas Philippines slams loan grant to mining firm
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Caritas Philippines slams loan grant to mining firm

MANILA (UCAN): Caritas Philippines accused the country’s government of betraying the people after a state…

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Calls for vigilance on Palawan’s 50-year mining moratorium
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Calls for vigilance on Palawan’s 50-year mining moratorium

MANILA (SE): Bishop Socrates Mesiona from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, in the Philippines encouraged the public…

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Lent begins for Catholic communities in China
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Lent begins for Catholic communities in China

BEIJING (Fides): Pilgrimages, Lenten catechism courses, liturgies to confer the missionary mandate to catechists and…

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