Tag: Thailand
Thai nuns work round the clock to weave up robes for...
Skilled seamstresses at convent in Bangkok working hard to
ensure more than 200 robes and handmade hats are finished in time for the papal visit
Pope Francis to reunite with cousin on visit to Thailand
In a remote Catholic school in Thailand, Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, 77, kneels in a chapel to pray at the beginning of the school...
Catholics in Thailand, Japan release songs for papal visit
Catholics in Thailand and Japan have both released theme songs ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to their respective countries later this month.
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Myanmar men on death row for British tourist murders ask Thai...
Thailand carried out its first execution in years in June last year, when a murder suspect was put to death
Thailand’s human traffickers refuse to compensate victims: report
Traffickers have disregarded court orders to recompense victims in more than 99 percent of cases in recent years
Slavery on the high seas
Poor migrant workers from neighboring Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos have poured into Thailand, accepting often dangerous jobs on fleets that are forced further out...
A concise history of Catholicism in Thailand
As of 2018, there are 379,975 Catholics in Thailand, a figure that represents 0.46 percent of the total population of 69 million.
Thai pro-democracy activists acquitted
Bangkok court ruled that activists held rally peacefully in accordance with Thailand’s constitution
Pope Francis to visit Thailand in November as pilgrim of peace
He will be the second pope to visit after Pope St. John Paul II travelled to the Southeast Asian nation in 1984
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