Category: Asia
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Pope prays for victims of typhoon Phanfone
VATICAN (CNS): Reciting the Angelus with thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square the day…
Typhoon barrels through central Philippines at Christmas
MANILA (UCAN): Typhoon Phanfone swept across the central Philippines on Christmas Day killed at least 21…
Posted in The Philippines
Explosion outside Cotabato cathedral
COTABATO (UCAN): A grenade blast outside the Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippine city of…
Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday massacre was preventable says cardinal
Colombo (UCAN): “(We are) all awaiting the truth of these matters to be fully revealed…
Posted in Asia
Martial law lifted but probe into Mindanao atrocities demanded
“If Duterte is not afraid of having committed human rights violations and crimes against humanity under martial law, he should allow these international investigators into Mindanao,” he said.
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Caritas Pakistan gives wheat seeds to impoverished farmers
KARACHI (UCAN): Caritas Pakistan marked the 54th anniversary of its humanitarian assistance by distributing free…
Posted in The Philippines
New bishop for Sorsogon ordained by Cardinal Tagle
MANILA (UCAN): Father Jose Alan Dialogo, was ordained a bishop by Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle…
