Tag: SW
Taiwan’s former vice president asks pope to pray for country
The Holy See is one of 14 states that have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, which China considers a "rebel" province
Collecting trash earns young Frenchman in Indonesia ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’
“The problem of plastic pollution is a huge one but if we have that dream, that conviction, and that passion, then things can happen”
Cardinal Bo expresses gratitude to papal nuncio for shepherding Myanmar’s faithful
Cardinal Bo described Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam as “a great shepherd” who led the Church in Myanmar “to greener pastures”
For fighting child abuse, Filipino pediatrician Bernadette Madrid earns ‘Asia’s Nobel...
"I was given the talent to do this and it has developed as I worked. That’s why I’m happy. It has become, for me, work that is God’s work”
Parents of Filipino woman on Indonesia’s death row appeal for help...
Veloso was convicted of drug trafficking in Jakarta in 2010 but she claimed that she was a victim of human trafficking
The danger of a nuclear nightmare
Most people live in ignorance of the terrible dangers that the powerful and intellectual humans have wrought in the world
Pakistani cardinal says poor paying price of unprecedented destruction caused by...
“As always, it is the poor who pay the price,” said Cardinal Joseph Coutts, archbishop emeritus of Karachi
For restoring gift of sight to thousands, Japanese eye doctor given...
Hattori, who is dubbed “the man with the golden hands,” insists that it is still the heart that matters most
Justice remains elusive 7 years after killings of tribal leaders in...
“The blood of our leaders was not enough, the government intensified its military occupation of our communities and shut down our schools”
Cardinal William Goh of Singapore vows to promote ‘religious harmony’
Cardinal Goh said inter-religious dialogue “is part of the evangelizing mission of the Church in a complex reality like Asia”
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