Category: Asia
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…
Indonesia’s Catholics to see pope in Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea
VANIMO (UCAN): Hundreds of Catholics from Indonesia who would otherwise miss out on an audience…
Philippine child rights group tells vice president to use funds on basic social services
MANILA (UCAN): “While many Filipino children cannot go to school because education is no longer…
Church in Bangladesh calls for protection of Christian schools
DHAKA (UCAN): The Catholic Church in Bangladesh shut down all its education institutions indefinitely in…
Two MIC sisters celebrate jubilees of profession of vows
HONG KONG (SE): On August 17, the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception [MIC] celebrated…
