Category: Asia
First Hong Kong-born Oblate ordained to priesthood
HONG KONG (SE): Father Dominic Fung King-ho of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate [omi] was…
Film on St. Andrew Kim hits Korean theatres
SEOUL (UCAN): The film, Birth, about Korea’s first Catholic priest and martyr, St. Andrew Kim…
Catholic bishops seek mining ban in southern Philippines
MANILA (UCAN): Catholic bishops from the Archdiocese of Davao, Digos, Tagum, and Mati, in the…
Cambodia launches social security payments for poor
PHNOM PENH (UCAN): The Cambodian government initiated its third-ever social security payment system, citing a…
Philippine law protecting religious freedom passed
MANILA (UCAN): The Philippine Congress passed the Magna Carta of Religious Freedom Act on December…
