CNA Daily News - Asia - PacificCNA ACI Prensaapos;s latest initiative is the Catholic News Agency (CNA), aimed at serving the English-speaking Catholic audience. ACI Prensa (www.aciprensa.com) is currently the largest provider of Catholic news in Spanish and Portuguese. 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...