Category: Region
Pope Francis invited to visit Vietnam
HUE (UCAN): The president of Vietnam, Vo Van Thuong, invited Pope Francis to visit Vietnam,…
South Korean charity to support poor kids in Laos and Mongolia
SEOUL (UCAN): Blooming Kids, a South Korean children’s charity launched a month-long exhibition and sale…
Myanmar junta to use occupied cathedral as shield, says bishop
(UCAN): Myanmar’s military junta, occupied the building complex of Christ the King Cathedral in Loikaw…
Redemptorists call for return of Hanoi monastery
HANOI (UCAN): Redemptorists in Vietnam have voiced opposition to renovation work on their one-time monastery…
Church helping people flee clashes in Myanmar
(UCAN): Church groups are helping evacuate and shelter hundreds of civilians as fighting escalated in…
World Bank pulls out of Indonesia’s disputed power project
JAKARTA (UCAN): The World Bank cancelled funding for a geothermal project in Indonesia’s Flores Island…
Two Asians speak at the synod
VATICAN (AsiaNews): Asia’s sufferings but also its gifts echoed yesterday at the synod assembly on…
