Survey

RVA App Promo Image

Default User Image

Oliver Samson

Oliver Samson is a Philippines-based journalist and writer whose work has appeared in Radio Veritas Asia, Global Sisters Report, World Mission, CBCP News, BusinessMirror, Manila Bulletin, and Manila Standard.

By Oliver Samson

Feature Story

New Family: Abandoned Seniors find Home with Sisters of St. Francis Xavier

The Mary Mother of Mercy Home for the Elderly and Abandoned stands as a beacon of hope and compassion.
Feature Story

Holy Family Co-Cathedral: A Home for Catholic Worship in Kuwait

An image of Our Lady of Arabia is also treasured in this church.
Feature Story

Mary's Catholic Church in Dubai: World's Biggest Parish

The world's biggest Catholic parish, Mary's Catholic Church, locates itself, surprisingly, in an Islamic state in the Arabian Peninsula.
Feature Story

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception: The Oldest Catholic Church in China

It is the oldest Roman Catholic church in China and the major cathedral in the parish of Beijing.
Feature Story

Our Lady of the Rosary: The First Catholic Church in Qatar

The church serves about 300,000 Catholics in Qatar.
Feature Story

Our Lady of Lavang: Apparition during persecution of Vietnamese Catholics

Despite the continuous persecution, people came to the jungle to ask for prayers from Mary.
Feature Story

Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni: A Home for All Faith

The pillars of the shrine symbolize the brotherhood of people, regardless of faith, culture, and race.
Feature Story

Miraculous Encounters: The Akita Apparitions and Sister Agnes Katsuko Sasagawa

Sasagawa heard the statue telling her to pray for forgiveness of humanity's sins.
Feature Story

Manaoag: Philippines' great church of the north

Manaoag: Philippines' great church of the north
Saints

Pius V: The pope who sunk warships, excommunicated a queen, chastized another pope

His papacy was confronted by the need for internal reform of the church, the expansion of Protestantism, and the Ottoman advance in Europe spreading the faith of Islam.

Latest