The Santo Nino as physical manifestation of Filipino devotion
The country's oldest Catholic icon helps its people channel their faith to deal with political, social, and economic circumstances
In a land area of approximately 29,459 square kilometers, the diocesan territory covers the prefecture-level city of Dali in the northwestern part of Yunnan province and its administrative area that comprises of 8 counties and 3 autonomous...
In the middle of the 16th century, several kings and noblemen in South Celebes (Sulawesi) asked a Portuguese merchant to baptize them, but Christianity did not take root in South Sulawesi because of lack of priests. Following visits of Muslim merchants, the local people converted to Islam at the...
Vietnam’s wooden cathedral enlivens the dream of French missionary
Kon Tum wooden Cathedral church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands is a rare architectural splendor. Built in between 1913 to 1918 from expensive ironwood and rosewood and without any nails, the church stands on 100 pillars. The cathedral is one of the oldest churches in the Central Highlands that survived many natural disasters and wars largely unharmed. The church is a confluence of Roman architecture and traditional stilt house style of ethnic Ba Na people.
Marian Parish, the home of Brunei’s most famous Catholic
The Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in Seria is a small church on the western Belait district of Brunei, but it shot into fame thanks to the nation’s most famous Catholic – late Cardinal Cornelius Sim. It is also the second of three churches in Brunei dedicated to Virgin Mary. In fact, Mary has a prominent place not only in Christianity, but also in Islam, the dominant faith in Brunei. Holy Quran mentions Mary seventy times and reveres her as the greatest woman to have ever lived.
St. Joseph Cathedral of Kuching bears legacy of independence heroes
The Cathedral of Saint Joseph is the mother church of Kuching Archdiocese in the sole Christian-majoritystate in predominantly Muslim Malaysia. The church was first built in 1891 as a wooden structure in Neo-Gothic style during the British colonial rule in Northern Borneo, which covered today’s Sarawak and Sabah states of Malaysia. The cathedral’s large, slopy rooftop resembles a typical family home, just like the Blessed Sacrament Church of Singapore.
Vietnamese cathedral holds the statue of miraculous Virgin Mary
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, popularly known as Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica, is one of the tourist hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city and former capital of Vietnam. This 19th century cathedral is a historic landmark from French colonial-era, but it gained significant prominence for the four-meter-tall statue of Virgin Mary that miraculously wept in 2005.
Account freezing forces HK pro-democracy radio to close
Media outlets that supported democracy and freedom in the former British colony have been forced to shut down
Filipino prelate slams army for murder of family
Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said it was better for military to secure court warrant before starting operation in Negros province
Police block access to Indian Catholic school
St. John’s Senior Secondary School in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh town compelled to hold online classes for its 2,300 students
China asks Tibetan monks to cut ties with Dalai Lama
China considers the Tibetan supreme spiritual leader a 'separatist' who intends to split Tibet from Chinese control
Cambodia orders unidentified drones shot down
Prime Minister Hun Sen says drones spotted near Vietnam border
Israeli volunteers help Palestinians access treatment
Many are unable to travel to hospital, due to permit denials by Israel or refusal by Palestinian authorities to pay for treatment
Church activists struggle against slavery-like labor in Brazil
The number of people working in slavery-like conditions in the country is the highest in 11 years
