“Card. Charles Bo of Yangon has decried military attack on a Catholic church in eastern Myanmar.“It is with immense sorrow and pain that we record our anguish at the attack on innocent civilians who sought refuge in Sacred Heart Church in Kayantharyar village near Loikaw on May 23 night"”
“Such an accreditation system is not new to the religiously minded in authoritarian China. Clergy must obtain certification from the civil authorities to perform their duties and may even be convicted if they illegally conduct religious activities. ”
“Kwon Jun-wook, director of the country’s National Health Institute, said infections at the Protestant church and elsewhere have pushed South Korea into its biggest crisis since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic.”
“In a rare interview aired four months after he was acquitted of pedophilia charges, Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic cleric said he knew “intellectually, forensically, that my case was enormously strong.” However, he said he was not “optimistic” in a human sense.”
“Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing, a critic of Beijing, freedom activist and supporter of last year’s street protests, has been passed over to succeed the late Michael Yeung Ming-cheung as bishop of Hong Kong. Instead, Rev. Peter Choy Wai-man, who is decidedly pro-Beijing,”
“There are, however, two major world faith leaders whose voices carry significant moral influence who have yet to speak: Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.”
“It took seven High Court judges a little under four hours to reverse that decision and quash his six-year jail sentence. They ruled unanimously that that the jury had not properly considered all the evidence presented at his trial.”