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Rodrigo Duterte, ex-Philippine president, arrested for alleged crimes against humanity
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Mar 11, 2025 / 17:15 pm Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines who...
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Cook Islands hosts ecumenical World Day of Prayer
By Kristina Millare Rome Newsroom, Mar 7, 2025 / 11:35 am The Cook Islands, a nation in the Pacific Ocean,...
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Islamists activists protest Ash Wednesday Mass taking place at multipurpose center in Indonesia
MUMBAI, India – A rally was held by Islamist radicals on March 5 in Indonesia protesting Catholic worship taking place...
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Catholic aid agency says ‘people will starve’ in Bangladesh due to aid cuts
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Aid to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will be cut more than half by the UN...
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Cardinal Chow in tears during prayer for Pope Francis at China’s Sheshan basilica
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Mar 4, 2025 / 11:55 am Cardinal Stephen Chow, the Jesuit bishop of Hong Kong,...
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Papal rosary presented to Japanese boxer who was world’s longest death row inmate
MUMBAI – Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo recently visited an 88-year-old Japanese former boxer and convert to Catholicism who was...
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‘I only kneel before God’: The last words of priest killed in Myanmar
By Andrés Henríquez ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 25, 2025 / 07:00 am Two women who witnessed the murder of Father...
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44-year-old priest murdered amid Myanmar civil war
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 19, 2025 / 17:20 pm Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, a...
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Catholic priest murdered in the Kachin area of Myanmar
MUMBAI, India – A Catholic priest was killed in Myanmar on Friday, an incident that “deeply shocked and saddened” Cardinal...
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Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea inaugurates ‘the era of 1,000 priests’
By Andrés Henríquez ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 13, 2025 / 13:50 pm The Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea has...
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