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September 2016

September 02, 2016

How a Catholic program helps Pakistan’s women farmers

Lahore, Pakistan, Oct 20, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Women farmers in Pakistan received...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

This is Mongolia’s first native priest: Father Joseph Enkh Baatar

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug 30, 2016 / 04:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Mongolia witnessed the...

August 29, 2016

Priest suffers minor injuries after failed suicide bomb, axe attack at Mass

Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug 29, 2016 / 12:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest suffered minor injuries...

August 23, 2016

As Philippines drug war escalates, bishops call for justice

Manila, Philippines, Oct 21, 2016 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid President Rodrigo Duterte's fierce...

August 22, 2016

India gears up for Mother Teresa canonization celebrations

Calcutta, India, Aug 22, 2016 / 02:24 pm (CNA).- Mother Teresa will be canonized on...

August 16, 2016

Archbishop Cheenath, defender of India’s persecuted Christians, dies at 81

Bhubaneswar, India, Aug 16, 2016 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, who lived...

August 12, 2016

Guam priest admits guilt amid ongoing abuse scandal

Hagatna, Guam, Aug 12, 2016 / 12:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A priest in Guam has...

August 09, 2016

Japan’s bishops oppose efforts to abandon pacifism in nation’s constitution

Nagasaki, Japan, Aug 9, 2016 / 11:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In the shadow of the...

August 09, 2016

Meet the priest who serves the most rural parts of Papua New Guinea

Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea, Dec 18, 2016 / 10:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In the deep...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Japan knife attack shows disabled persons ‘have to be protected’

Yokohama, Japan, Jul 29, 2016 / 05:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following Tuesday's mass killing at...

July 02, 2016

Filipinos are in love with the Virgin Mary, and the Baclaran shrine is proof

Parañaque, Philippines, Jan 1, 2017 / 06:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A long-venerated icon of Our...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

For Thailand Catholics, God’s mercy exceeds limits of illness

Chanthaburi, Thailand, Jun 29, 2016 / 06:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Hundreds of sick and physically...

June 28, 2016

He escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat, and now he’s a bishop

Sydney, Australia, Jun 28, 2016 / 03:44 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In the 1970s, a teenager...

June 18, 2016

The curious case of the Lipa Marian apparitions

Lipa, Philippines, Dec 28, 2016 / 02:49 pm (CNA).- The story of Sister Teresita Castillo...

June 17, 2016

Sri Lankan cardinal warns against sketchy ‘Sunday Mass’ ad

Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jun 17, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic faithful shouldn’t...

June 16, 2016

Filipino bishops: Moral disagreement is no excuse for hatred, violence

Manila, Philippines, Jun 16, 2016 / 12:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Encounter and dialogue are the...

June 08, 2016

How Pope Francis inspired a Thailand parish to plant 800 trees

Bangkok, Thailand, Jun 8, 2016 / 12:36 am (CNA).- Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on...

June 08, 2016

How Pope Francis inspired a Thailand parish to plant 800 trees

Bangkok, Thailand, Jun 8, 2016 / 12:36 am (CNA).- Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on...

June 07, 2016

LA archdiocese prays novena as assisted suicide law looms

Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 7, 2016 / 06:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- California’s assisted suicide bill...

June 06, 2016

Guam archdiocese receives administrator after bishop accused of abuse

Hagatna, Guam, Jun 6, 2016 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After sex abuse and other...

June 01, 2016

This bishop in India is donating his kidney to save a Hindu life

Palai, India, Jun 1, 2016 / 11:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop from...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

The Philippine president-elect’s shocking insult to Catholic bishops

Manila, Philippines, May 26, 2016 / 04:25 pm (CNA).- The president-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo...

May 19, 2016

Indian Foreign Minister: Fr. Tom is safe, soon to be released

New Dehli, India, May 19, 2016 / 01:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Fr. Tom Uznunnalil, the...

May 08, 2016

Why many women in China won’t celebrate Mother’s Day

Rome, Italy, May 8, 2016 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Mothers across the globe are...

May 03, 2016

Nepalis show resilience one year after devastating earthquake

Kathmandu, Nepal, May 3, 2016 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Members of the international Catholic...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Woman bulldozed to death in China signals new wave of oppression

Beijing, China, Apr 27, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Two members of a Chinese...

April 22, 2016

In India, this Marian devotion uses coconut oil – and draws quite a crowd

Panjim, India, Apr 22, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a small town in...

April 18, 2016

Japanese bishops mobilize relief efforts to help earthquake victims

Fukuoka, Japan, Apr 18, 2016 / 02:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Japan's Catholic bishops are coordinating...

April 15, 2016

After Easter Sunday terror, Pakistan’s Catholics see hope in new priests

Lahore, Pakistan, Apr 15, 2016 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Just weeks after the deadly...

April 12, 2016

Christians, Muslims in Thailand gather to promote harmony and peace

Bangkok, Thailand, Apr 12, 2016 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic officials attended the inauguration...