Category: Asia
Casinos and mining a threat to Ati tribal homes
ROMBLON (UCAN): The Episcopal Commission on Indigenous People of the Diocese of Romblon in the…
Don’t punish people of Myanmar Cardinal Bo pleads
MANDALAY (UCAN): Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, appealed to the international community not to punish…
Call for change in Japan’s refugee policy following papal visit
TOKYO (UCAN): Toward the end of his week-long visit to Asia, Pope Francis addressed young…
Posted in The Philippines
Explain Marian devotion biblically Filipinos urged
MANILA (UCAN): The Catholic key to dialogue with Protestants about the Blessed Virgin is to…
Anti-conversion bill dismays Indian Church leaders
‘First of all, the Catholic Church does not promote or propagate religious conversions and until now there has been no record of any religious conversions in which the Church has been involved in Uttar Pradesh’ – Bishop Gerald John Mathias of Lucknow
Posted in The Philippines
Philippine churches open doors as Typhoon Kammuri nears
MANILA (UCAN): Several churches in the Philippines have opened their doors to thousands of people…
In Thailand pope reaches out to young people and urges help for the downtrodden
BANGKOK (Agencies): “Dear young people, you are a new generation, with new hopes, dreams and…
