Survey on family and migration in Southeast Asia started
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Survey on family and migration in Southeast Asia started

MANILA (AsiaNews): The Scalabrini Migration Centre [SMC], a Philippine-based Catholic institute, started a research project…

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Indonesia upholds ban on interfaith marriage
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Indonesia upholds ban on interfaith marriage

KUALA LUMPUR (UCAN): Indonesia’s Constitutional Court upheld a nearly five-decade-old law banning interfaith marriages, rejecting…

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Asian leaders hail Pope Benedict’s work for peace, harmony
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Asian leaders hail Pope Benedict’s work for peace, harmony

Heads of Asian nations joined world leaders in paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI,…

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Indonesian president visits cathedral in West Java on Christmas Day
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Indonesian president visits cathedral in West Java on Christmas Day

JAKARTA (RVA News): The president of Indonesia, Jokowi “Joko” Widodo, visited with the the Cathedral…

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Priest slams Indonesia ban on sex outside marriage
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Priest slams Indonesia ban on sex outside marriage

JAKARTA (UCAN): An Indonesian Catholic priest has joined human rights activists in criticising a new…

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