Category: Asia
South Korea appoints first woman envoy to the Vatican
SEOUL (UCAN): South Korea appointed Oh Hyun-Joo as its first woman ambassador to the Holy…
Thousands attend Santo Niño festival
MANILA (UCAN): Some 300,000 people reportedly joined the Santo Niño procession in honour of the…
Much-harassed religious sisters acquitted of perjury charges
MANILA (UCAN): Ten religious sisters—eight from the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, one from the…
Update: A farewell to Father Tommy Murphy, 1949-2023
A viewing is scheduled from 9:45am to 10.45am, at St. Joseph’s Church, Garden Road, Central,…
The late Pope Benedict in Hong Kong and Macau
HONG KONG (SE): After the white smoke billowed up from the chimney of the Sistine…
Father Peter Tsoi returns to the Lord
HONG KONG (SE/KKP): Diocesan priest Father Peter Tsoi Ming-tung passed away in Queen Mary Hospital…
Filipinos pay tribute to Pope Benedict
MANILA (UCAN): Catholics in the Philippines remembered Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for giving them a…
