Category: Asia
Bishop tests positive for Covid-19 in Indonesia
JAKARTA (UCAN): Archbishop Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, apostolic administrator of Sibolga, North Sumatra in Indonesia,…
Philippine move to delay workers’ bonuses draws flak
MANILA (UCAN): Moves by the Philippine Labour Department to defer workers’ yearly bonuses from companies…
Pandemic leaves streets empty and shops shuttered in Jerusalem’s Old City
JERUSALEM (CNS: During all the years he has worked as an assistant to the Franciscan…
Church lends a hand as Myanmar struggles with second Covid-19 wave
MYANMAR (UCAN): Charles Cardinal Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, and the city’s chief minister, Phyo Min…
Indonesian police face backlash for attacking journalists
JAKARTA (UCAN): Media groups and activists have condemned what they claimed were abuses committed by…
Caritas Philippines challenges Duterte to come clean over dirty power
MANILA (UCAN): Caritas Philippines, challenged the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, to be serious in his…
Commission demands protection of rights of indigenous
MANILA (UCAN): Commission on Indigenous Peoples of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines urged…
