Indonesia’s Muslim leaders looking forward to pope’s visit
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Indonesia’s Muslim leaders looking forward to pope’s visit

JAKARTA (UCAN): Top leaders of Indonesia’s two major Islamic organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, expressed…

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Vietnam hails Pope Francis’ letter to its Catholics
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Vietnam hails Pope Francis’ letter to its Catholics

HANOI (UCAN): Government officials and faith leaders in Vietnam expressed appreciation of Pope Francis’ intervention…

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Mob attacks Catholic school as India urged to scrap anti-conversion laws
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Mob attacks Catholic school as India urged to scrap anti-conversion laws

(UCAN): A Catholic school was vandalized and a priest assaulted by a hardline Hindu group…

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Interreligious dialogue needed to encourage peace in Africa, experts say
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Interreligious dialogue needed to encourage peace in Africa, experts say

VATICAN (CNS): “We declare that the African continent can only achieve an integral and sustainable…

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Pope says religion and culture can be misused to frighten and oppress
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Pope says religion and culture can be misused to frighten and oppress

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MONGOLIA (CNS): “When culture is distilled and transformed into ideology,…

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