Churches bear the brunt under Myanmar junta
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Churches bear the brunt under Myanmar junta

MYANMAR’S MILITARY CONTINUES to target Catholic and Baptist churches in Chin state, a predominantly Christian…

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Cemetery space given over to non-Catholics
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Cemetery space given over to non-Catholics

MANILA (UCAN): The Archdiocese of Cebu, the Philippines, has begun allowing non-Catholics to be buried…

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Health system in Timor-Leste facing collapse
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Health system in Timor-Leste facing collapse

JAKARTA (UCAN): “I regret to say that our healthcare system is in danger of collapsing,”…

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Philippine health workers strike over unpaid benefits
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Philippine health workers strike over unpaid benefits

MANILA (UCAN): Health workers at 10 private hospitals in Manila, the Phlippines, staged a one-hour…

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Vietnam’s Catholics join frontline against Covid

HO CHI MINH CITY (UCAN): Catholics in the southern dioceses of Vietnam, where the contagious…

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