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- Deadly floods in Philippines trigger Catholic response
20 Dec 2011 at 12:46am
Manila, Philippines, Dec 20, 2011 / 12:46 am (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- Catholic organizations are helping organize aid for the victims of Typhoon Sendong in the Philippines after it caused flash floods that hav...
- Malaysian Christians reject permit to sing Christmas carols
19 Dec 2011 at 6:06pm
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 19, 2011 / 06:06 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- Christians from two churches in Malaysia rejected a requirement that they will need a police permit to sing Christmas carols in their pa...
- Catholic leaders hope Kim Jong Il?s death opens way to reunification
19 Dec 2011 at 4:55pm
Seoul, South Korea, Dec 19, 2011 / 04:55 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/EWTN News/a).- The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may be the beginning of a turning point for the path of reunification of the Koreas, ...
- Catholics boycott Sri Lanka over detention of religious sisters
6 Dec 2011 at 6:19pm
Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec 6, 2011 / 06:19 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- Catholics in Sri Lanka are boycotting the government over the detention of four Missionaries of Charity who were accused of child trafficking...
- Church clears priest accused of assaulting Anglican bishop
1 Dec 2011 at 1:13am
Adelaide, Australia, Dec 1, 2011 / 01:13 am (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- An Australian Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting Anglican Archbishop John Hepworth several decades ago has been cleared of any w...
- Police blame Maoists, villagers for Indian sisters murder
22 Nov 2011 at 2:42am
Jharkhand, India, Nov 22, 2011 / 02:42 am (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- Police claim that villagers and Maoist activists killed Sister Valsha John, an Indian religious sister whose death has been linked to her work...
- Priest sees hopeful future for Vietnam?s Christians
15 Nov 2011 at 4:01am
Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov 15, 2011 / 04:01 am (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- An official with the Vietnamese bishops? conference foresees a confident future for the Christian community in Vietnam. He cites the ?flourishin...
- British monarch can now marry a Catholic but cannot be one
28 Oct 2011 at 1:41pm
Perth, Australia, Oct 28, 2011 / 12:41 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/EWTN News/a).- The centuries-old law barring the British monarch from marrying a Catholic has been scrapped but not the rule forbidding them from b...
- Baby found alive two days after earthquake in Turkey
26 Oct 2011 at 5:58pm
Ercis, Turkey, Oct 26, 2011 / 04:58 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- A 14-day-old baby was found alive amid the rubble of her home 46 hours after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey.brbr
The baby was found in ...
- X Factor star gives credit for success to Catholic mom
25 Oct 2011 at 7:24pm
Sydney, Australia, Oct 25, 2011 / 06:24 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- Even though he is only 17 years old, Emmanuel Kelly has taken Australia by storm this fall with his X Factor performances. But he says all of...
- Growing Islamist violence threatens Church in Indonesia
7 Oct 2011 at 8:39pm
Vatican City, Oct 7, 2011 / 07:39 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/EWTN News/a).- The President of the Bishops Conference of Indonesia says the rise of radical Islam is resulting in increasing problems for the local Cat...
- Indian bishop tells Catholics to remain peaceful despite church attack
6 Sep 2011 at 3:14pm
Quilon, India, Sep 6, 2011 / 02:14 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/EWTN News/a).- Masked vandals attacked and desecrated a Catholic church in the Indian state of Kerala on September 4, according to a local bishop who h...
- Divine Mercy congress inspires quake-stricken New Zealand
2 Sep 2011 at 2:50am
Christchurch, New Zealand, Sep 2, 2011 / 01:50 am (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/EWTN News/a).- Catholics in Christchurch, New Zealand drew inspiration from a recent Divine Mercy Congress as they work to rebuild from a s...
- Kerala parishes create incentives for larger families
1 Sep 2011 at 2:21am
Thiruvananthapuram, India, Sep 1, 2011 / 01:21 am (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- Catholic parishes in Kerala have created incentives for Catholics to have larger families because of concerns that the Catholic popula...
- Franciscans translate Bible into colloquial Japanese
26 Aug 2011 at 7:06pm
Rome, Italy, Aug 26, 2011 / 06:06 pm (a href=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com target=_selfCNA/a).- After 55 years of work, the people of Japan will soon have a translation of the Bible in colloquial Japanese thanks to the work of the Studium Bibl...
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