Category: Asia
Uproar as Duterte tries to red-tag University of the Philippines
MANILA (Agencies): The Philippine government has come under fire for unilaterally abrogating the 1989 University…
Jesuit labelled ‘dangerous terrorist’ in India
HONG KONG (SE): The 83-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, activist and defender of tribal rights…
Mining and palm oil in crosshairs after Indonesian floods
JAKARTA (UCAN): Environmentalists in Indonesia have warned that recent floods and other ecological disasters that…
Homeless get a helping hand from Korean Catholics
SEOUL (UCAN): The Archdiocese of Seoul, South Korea, is helping homeless people with its Myeongdong…
Korea’s Catholics unfazed by Covid-19 income loss
SEOUL (UCAN): South Korea’s parishes have maintained pastoral services despite a significant income loss and…
Priest gunned down in Philippines
MANILA (UCAN): Father Rene Regalado was shot dead near a Carmelite monastery in Malaybalay City,…
Mass attendance made possible for the hearing- and visually-impaired
HONG KONG (SE): The need for the hearing and the visually-impaired to attend Mass amid…
