Rights groups slam Philippine police over violent dispersal of students protest
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Rights groups slam Philippine police over violent dispersal of students protest

TACLOBAN (UCAN): Rights groups have expressed concern over the violent dispersal of an August 16…

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Pope joins calls for investigation into 2020 Beirut port explosion
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Pope joins calls for investigation into 2020 Beirut port explosion

VATICAN (CNS): Four years after the catastrophic 4 August 2020 explosion that rocked the port…

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Equipping catechists for child protection
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Equipping catechists for child protection

HONG KONG (SE): The Diocese of Hong Kong, responding to global efforts by the Church…

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Interreligious dialogue currently in ‘crisis’ says patriarch of Jerusalem
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Interreligious dialogue currently in ‘crisis’ says patriarch of Jerusalem

VATICAN (CNS): Dialogue between religious communities in the Holy Land is “in crisis,” Pierbattista Cardinal…

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First Hong Kong-born Divine Word priest ordained
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First Hong Kong-born Divine Word priest ordained

HONG KONG (SE/Agencies): Bishop Norbert Pu Ying-hsiung of the Diocese of Chiayi, Taiwan, ordained Divine…

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Remembering the joy and challenges of decades in the priesthood
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Remembering the joy and challenges of decades in the priesthood

HONG KONG (SE): Forty-five years ago, Father John Tsang Wai-hung, Father Thomas Law Kwok-fai, Father…

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Caritas Malacca Johore Diocese launches hospital care and mangrove restoration programmes
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Caritas Malacca Johore Diocese launches hospital care and mangrove restoration programmes

JOHOR BAHRU (UCAN): On July 21, Caritas Malacca Johore Diocese [MJD] in Malaysia launched its…

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