Category: Region
Anti-terror unit checks Jakarta’s cathedral ahead of papal visit
JAKARTA (UCAN): Indonesia’s National Counterterrorism Agency examined security arrangements at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral…
Church leader suspects Pakistan of under-counting Christians
HYDERABAD (UCAN): Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan,…
Indonesia’s Muslim leaders looking forward to pope’s visit
JAKARTA (UCAN): Top leaders of Indonesia’s two major Islamic organisations, Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, expressed…
Vietnam hails Pope Francis’ letter to its Catholics
HANOI (UCAN): Government officials and faith leaders in Vietnam expressed appreciation of Pope Francis’ intervention…
Indonesian dioceses gear up for pope’s Timor-Leste visit
KUPANG (UCAN): The Archdiocese of Kupang, and the Diocese of Atambua in West Timor, Indonesia,…
Pope sends condolences on death of Vietnamese leader
VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis expressed his condolences for the death of Nguyen Phu Trong, the…
Over 13,000 schools shut in war-torn Myanmar
YANGON (UCAN): About 13,700 of Myanmar’s 48,753 public schools have been closed due to the…
