Vietnam’s Catholics urged to follow anti-Covid-19 measures
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Vietnam’s Catholics urged to follow anti-Covid-19 measures

HANOI (UCAN): Three dioceses in Vietnam cancelled end-of-Lunar-New-Year pastoral activities and called on Catholics to…

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Jesuit labelled ‘dangerous terrorist’ in India
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Jesuit labelled ‘dangerous terrorist’ in India

HONG KONG (SE): The 83-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, activist and defender of tribal rights…

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Mining and palm oil in crosshairs after Indonesian floods
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Mining and palm oil in crosshairs after Indonesian floods

JAKARTA (UCAN): Environmentalists in Indonesia have warned that recent floods and other ecological disasters that…

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Bid to tweak Philippine constitution meets with disgust
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Bid to tweak Philippine constitution meets with disgust

MANILA (UCAN): “This is not an opportune time to deal with charter change. We are…

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Uproar as Duterte tries to red-tag University of the Philippines
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Uproar as Duterte tries to red-tag University of the Philippines

MANILA (Agencies): The Philippine government has come under fire for unilaterally abrogating the 1989 University…

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