Vietnam Catholics welcome Holy See-Hanoi agreement
Updated: July 31, 2023 12:06 PM GMT. Catholics in Vietnam are expecting a new Vatican-Vietnam deal to usher in more religious rights and open new avenues for them to engage in social activities to serve the nation. The deal allowing the Vatican to have a resident papal representative in the communist-ruled country was formally announced during ...
Pinpointing the first Mass in the Philippines - UCA News
Mar 28, 2022 · On March 31, 2019, about 3,000 Catholics attended the pre-pandemic 498th anniversary of the first Mass held on Limasawa Island, headed by the then Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, and concelebrated by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, Palo Archbishop John Du, and Maasin Bishop Precioso Cantillas, SDB.
Church Militant to shut down as defamation saga concludes
Mar 5, 2024 · Church Militant ended the lawsuit that dragged on for three years in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in Concord, by apologizing to Father de Laire, retracting the January 2019 article that defamed him as "emotionally unstable" and "incompetent" among other unsubstantiated claims, and paid him $500,000.
China jails 600 Christian cult members amid crackdown
Nov 4, 2021 · China’s communist regime has intensified its crackdown on a controversial Christian cult movement, the Church of Almighty God (CAG), with hundreds of members jailed. Some 600 CAG members have been sentenced to between six months and seven years in prison across China, Bitter Winter reported. The renewed persecution is part of a three-year ...
College opens first 'earth chapel' in the Philippines - UCA News
Sep 1, 2021 · A college in the Philippines has opened the country’s first-ever “earth chapel” to instill a greater love of creation among the faithful. Dr. Yanga’s College in Bulacan province, north of Manila, opened the chapel, which is covered by plants and artworks that include a mosaic of Italian Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, to commemorate ...
Nearing 80, 'Minnesota's Mother Teresa' remains devoted
Oct 13, 2022 · Dubbed "Minnesota's Mother Teresa" and honored with a Presidential Citizens Medal, Copeland's celebrity has grown along with her impact. The Minnesota native is founder and director of Sharing and Caring Hands, a large facility behind Target Field that provides clothing and food to 300-500 poor and marginalized people daily.
Marking first Mass in Philippines 'reaffirms' faith - UCA News
Apr 4, 2019 · A group of young Filipino Catholics in the central Philippines wanted to "reaffirm" their faith, so they decided to take a boat to an island called Limawasa. The island, about 10 kilometers long from north to south, is believed to be where the first Mass on Philippine soil took place on March 31, 1521, celebrated by Father Pedro de Valderrama.
Western pilgrims flock to Japan’s ‘Our Lady of Akita’
Jul 24, 2023 · The chapel of Seitai Hoshikai, called Our Lady of Akita, was constructed in traditional Japanese style to convey to local people that the Catholic Church is universal and that Jesus Christ is the savior of all people — including the Japanese. (Photo: seitaihoshikai.com) By Cristian Martini Grimaldi. Published: July 24, 2023 03:14 AM GMT.
Indian bishops seek justice for Christians fighting Muslims' land ...
Sep 26, 2024 · Catholic bishops in southern Indian Kerala state have petitioned a parliamentary panel seeking justice for over 600 families, the majority of them Christians, after a Muslim body claimed that their land and homes were once donated as charity for Muslim welfare. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, president of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference ...
Now is the time for action on Myanmar - UCA News
Aug 26, 2024 · Aug. 25 marked the seventh anniversary of the campaign of massacres, rape, arson and forced displacement in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine against the persecuted Muslim-majority Rohingya people. This campaign is widely recognized as a genocide. Myanmar’s desperate human rights crisis continues to worsen by the day, for all the diverse peoples ...