Indonesian villagers protesting thermal plant beat up by police
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Indonesian villagers protesting thermal plant beat up by police

FLORES (UCAN): Villagers in the Christian-majority province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, say police violently…

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World Oceans Day, the tide has turned
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World Oceans Day, the tide has turned

Myron J. Pereira For the ancients, the sea was always something vast, turbulent and frightening….

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Korean Catholics oppose new airport in Jeju island
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Korean Catholics oppose new airport in Jeju island

Seoul (UCAN): Catholics from the Diocese of Jeju and the Diocese of Incheon, South Korea,…

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Bishops decry dispersal, arrest of anti-mining protesters in Philippines
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Bishops decry dispersal, arrest of anti-mining protesters in Philippines

PUERTO PRINCESA (RVA News): Bishop Socrates Mesiona, of the apostolic vicariate of Puerto Princesa, and…

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Bishop opposes tree cutting in Bohol
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Bishop opposes tree cutting in Bohol

TAGBILARAN (RVANews): Bishop Alberto Uy of Tagbilaran, Bohol, the Philippines, lamented the cutting down of…

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