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- Jan 20, 2021
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Maryknoll Father Robert Astorino, founder of UCA News, dies at age 77
- Jun 27, 2020
Maryknoll Father Robert Astorino, founder of the Asian Catholic news agency UCA News and executive director of the agency for 30 years, died June 25 at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York. He was 77 and a priest for 50 years.
Father Adolfo Nicolas, former Jesuit superior, dies in Tokyo
- May 20, 2020
The Jesuit General Curia in Rome announced that its former superior general, Father Adolfo Nicolas, died May 20 in Tokyo. He was 84.
Asian cardinals give support to May 14 World Day of Prayer for Humanity
- May 12, 2020
Catholic clergy in Bangladesh will mark the World Day of Prayer for Humanity with an online retreat on May 14, answering Pope Francis’s call for all religious leaders to pray during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
India exemplifies problems facing Southeast Asia as COVID-19 spreads
- Mar 25, 2020
India and other Asian countries are preparing for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Catholic leaders in Indonesia plan for possible papal trip in September
- Mar 6, 2020
Details are beginning to emerge of a potential trip by Pope Francis to Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea in September.
Vatican-China deal conceived under JPII, expert says
- Mar 4, 2020
After two top prelates recently butted heads over the legitimacy of the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, one expert on Chinese affairs stepped in insisting that the deal was not only good, but a product of more than 30 years of Vatican diplomacy.
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