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Korean bishops back anti-discrimination law, with caveats
CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2020 / 02:20 pm (CNA).- A South Korean bill banning discrimination across 26 different categories has...
Read moreThis church is now the first minor basilica in Central Asia
Rome Newsroom, Sep 10, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- The Vatican has named a church in Kazakhstan as the first...
Read moreChristian in Pakistan sentenced to death for blasphemy
CNA Staff, Sep 9, 2020 / 11:15 am (CNA).- A Pakistani court sentenced Asif Pervaiz, a Christian, to death Tuesday...
Read moreQueensland passes law requiring priests to break confessional seal
CNA Staff, Sep 8, 2020 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- The legislature of the Australian state of Queensland on Tuesday passed...
Read moreIndian archbishop demands investigation into rotten rice
CNA Staff, Sep 8, 2020 / 07:29 pm (CNA).- An Indian archbishop has demanded action over a government mistake which...
Read moreHoly See upholds confessional seal in response to Australian royal commission
CNA Staff, Sep 6, 2020 / 04:26 pm (CNA).- The Australian bishops have provided the federal government with the Holy...
Read moreChinese doctor says she participated in ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Uyghurs
CNA Staff, Sep 4, 2020 / 12:35 pm (CNA).- A Uyghur woman who worked as a doctor in China has...
Read moreAssisted suicide, euthanasia more than 10 times higher than predicted in Australian state
CNA Staff, Sep 2, 2020 / 07:01 pm (CNA).- While the Australian state of Tasmania is debating a bill that...
Read moreHong Kong cardinal warns priests to ‘watch your language’
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 1, 2020 / 02:10 pm (CNA).- The leader of the Diocese of Hong Kong has written...
Read moreBishop cautions against martial law in Philippines after bombings
Jolo, Philippines, Aug 31, 2020 / 04:25 pm (CNA).- Following twin bombings in a southern region of the Philippines, a...
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