Category: Region
Floods in Malaysia result in four dead and over 80,000 displaced
(UCAN): Severe flooding caused by days of heavy rain has affected several states in Malaysia,…
Security beefed up at Indonesian Catholic university after bomb threat
BANDUNG (UCAN): Indonesian police have tightened security around a Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung in…
Church in Pakistan subdued as youth’s sainthood process progresses
LAHORE (Agencies): The Archdiocese of Lahore, Pakistan, delayed the announcement confirming the Vatican’s acceptance of…
Papuans decry Indonesia’s transmigration programme
(UCAN): Catholic leaders in Indonesia expressed concern regarding the transmigration programme initiated by the country’s…
The life of the Church in Laos a small miracle
ROME (Agenzia Fides): Father Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález sj, the apostolic prefect of Battambang, Cambodia, and…
Deaths and casualties as volcano erupts in Indonesia
FLORES (UCAN): Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, located the island of Flores, Indonesia, erupted at close to…
Indonesian bishop declines elevation to college of cardinals
JAKARTA (UCAN): Catholics in Indonesia were shocked when Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of Bogor, a…
