Category: Asia
Vatican names new bishop for Vietnamese diocese
HO CHI MINH CITY (UCAN): On October 29, Pope Francis named Father Dominic Dang Van…
Over a hundred lives lost to storms in the Philippines and many more displaced
MANILA (Agencies): Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae [Paeng] swept across the main Phlippine island of Luzon…
Pope Francis prays for victims of Seoul stampede
VATICAN (AsiaNews): At the end of his Angelus on October 30, Pope Francis immediately expressed…
Asian bishops urged to push dialogue for peace, reconciliation
BANGKOK (UCAN): “Every jubilee calls for metanoia [spiritual conversion and transformation]. Let us challenge ourselves…
More refugees flee from Myanmar to India’s Mizoram state
(UCAN): Fighting in Myanmar has prompted thousands more to flee from Chin state and seek…
