Redemptorist Priest to be Arrested by Vietnam’s Communists?
Catholic Online
7/3/2009, by J.B. An Dang
The Priest may soon be cahrged with Propaganda against the State. HANOI (AsiaNews) – Redemptorist Fr Joseph Le Quang Uy could be arrested and tried in on the basis of Article 88 of Vietnam’s Criminal Code. If found guilty the Catholic priest could get from 3 to 20 years in prison or even the death ...
India: First Conviction in Anti-Christian Riots
Asia News
7/2/2009, by Nirmala Carvalho
Nine months after the first attacks in Kandhamal district, a court issues the first conviction. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) – A court in Phulbani has come down with the first conviction in the Kandhamal communal riots case. It found Chakradhara Mallick guilty of setting fire to the house of Lokanath ...
Six Priests Held Prisoners, in Solitary Confinement
Catholic Online
6/26/2009, by Ranil Kumaratunga
Six Catholic priests are kept in isolation in the camps of Sri Lanka. The bishop of Jaffna has requested their release. CHENNAI (AsiaNews) - Six Catholic priests are kept in isolation in the camps of Sri Lanka. The bishop of Jaffna has requested their release, but has not yet received any response ...
Year for Priests in the Philippines
Asia News
6/25/2009
Filipino Catholics hold prayer vigils and collections, to support the work of priests and study of seminarians. MANILA (AsiaNews) - The Year for Priests inaugurated last June 19 by Pope Benedict XVI is seen in the Philippines as a great opportunity to strengthen the relationship between priests and ...
Nun raped by Hindu extremists identifies another Assailant
Asia News
6/25/2009, by Nirmala Carvalho
It is the third person recognized by the religious sister, among the first victims of the anti-Christian pogrom last August. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - Sr. Meena Barware, the religious sister raped by group of radical Hindus last August 25, has recognized another of her assailants.
Yesterday, ...
Christians’ Slowly return to Orissa, India
Asia News
6/19/2009, by Nirmala Carvalho
The vice-president of the National Commission for minorities visits the refugee camps. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - “Complete normality is yet to be restored”. Those are the words of vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), after his visit to the refugee camps in the villages of ...
Archbishop: Priesthood is More Than a Job
Zenit News Agency
6/17/2009
When Jesus calls a man into this mystery of self-sacrificing love as a priest, he is calling him above all to live the mystery of the Cross. CANBERRA, Australia (Zenit) - The archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn is affirming that the priesthood is more than a job; it is a special call to holiness ...
Vietnam: Catholic lawyer, human rights advocate arrested
Asia News
6/17/2009
HO CHI MINH CITY (AsiaNews) – Vietnamese authorities arrested Paul Le Cong Dinh (pictured) on Saturday on charges of engaging in "propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam," state-run media reported on Sunday. The high-profile 41-year-old Catholic lawyer has defended a ...
Card. Zen: Implement Popes Letter, whatever the cost
Asia News
6/17/2009, by Gianni Criveller
The archbishop emeritus of Hong Kong says the Pope’s Letter has marked a new chapter in the life of the Church in China. HONG KONG (AsiaNews) – In an impassioned dialogue with AsiaNews Card. Joseph Zen says the time has come for the Chinese Church and the Holy See to stop accepting any form of ...
Historic Orthodox Church Decision, 'Diaspora' Bishops’ Conferences
Catholic Online
6/17/2009, by NAT da Polis
By unanimous decision Orthodox bishops’ conferences will be set up in the Diaspora. Constantinople will remain the coordinating center. ISTANBUL (AsiaNews) – The first of two meetings scheduled for 2009 was held in Sabezy (Geneva) to prepare the much awaited Pan-Orthodox Synod. In agreeing to set ...
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