Oliver Samson

This Japanese, who served his country as its prime minister five times, kept his Catholic faith throughout his life in secret. Probably because he was a politician and the majority of Japan were followers of Shinto and Buddhism.

The cathedral witnessed the 19-year Vietnam War, a proxy conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia) that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

The Vatican has given the green light for the inquiry into the life of Laureana 'Ka Luring' Franco, a Filipino lay catechist who left her job at the Philippine Air Force to become a full-time, unpaid catechist.

Brother Tope Villanueva, a Franciscan friar known for his storytelling through painting, started joining online art exhibits during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sr. Pinky Barrientos was elected as the superior of the Philippines-Malaysia-Papua New Guinea-Thailand Province by the Daughters of Saint Paul.

The Papua New Guineans were headhunters who practiced cannibalism for many years before the island's Christianization in the 19th century.

The Pope will fly for a 12-day visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore in September.

Two Khmer Rouge rockets struck this cathedral in 1972 during the Cambodian War, when the communists were waging war to seize power from the monarchy.

The Society of the Divide Word (SVD) capitulars has elected Fr. Anselmo Ricardo Ribeiro to the office of the congregation's Superior General at their 19th General Chapter in Nemi.

The Vatican, with a population of 526 as of July 3 according to Worldometer, is 100 percent Catholic. But unlike Timor-Leste, the Vatican is not a member of the UN.