Category: Asia
Bishop condemns killing of parish workers
MANILA (UCAN): Bishop Joel Baylon of Legaspi, the province of Albay, the Philippines, condemned the…
Patients need holistic care ethics seminar urges
HONG KONG (SE): A two-day seminar on life ethics, organised by the Bioethics Resources Centre…
Timor-Leste declares victory over Covid-19
Michael Sainsbury Toward the end of June, the tiny Catholic-majority Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste…
Church provides finance for Vietnam storm victims
HUE (UCAN): Caritas workers in central Vietnam have consoled and offered financial support to hundreds…
Dismay as top jobs go to suspected rights abusers
JAKARTA (UCAN): Rights groups in Indonesia condemned the appointment by the president, Joko Widodo, of…
New papal nuncio to Philippines
ANILA (UCAN): Pope Francis appointed a 60-year-old Archbishop Charles John Brown as the new apostolic…
Covid-19 affecting Filipino overseas remittances
MANILA (UCAN): Remittances sent home by Filipinos working overseas are expected to drop sharply because…
