Myanmar’s Christian regions spurn junta peace talks
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Myanmar’s Christian regions spurn junta peace talks

(UCAN): Key ethnic armed groups from predominantly Christian regions of conflict-torn Myanmar have joined others…

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Suspension of sedition law by India’s top court welcomed
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Suspension of sedition law by India’s top court welcomed

(UCAN): Church leaders in India have lauded the country’s Supreme Court for staying the invocation…

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Philippine poll watchdog finds no electoral foul play 
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Philippine poll watchdog finds no electoral foul play 

MANILA (UCAN): “What can we do? It is what it is. We are in a…

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Tackle the poverty driving children into forced labour, pope says
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Tackle the poverty driving children into forced labour, pope says

VATICAN (CNS): “Sadly, too many small hands are busy ploughing fields, working in mines, travelling…

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Reach out and serve say Philippine bishops in wake election protests
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Reach out and serve say Philippine bishops in wake election protests

MANILA (UCAN): Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of…

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