Catholic martyrs from various nationalities have been beatified in Laos, in the first such gesture toward communist regime victims in Southeast Asia. "The Catholic Church in Laos is very small, humble ...

The first Laotian cardinal talks about his election and the life of the Catholic Church in Laos. The latter endures persecution and bears witness to its faith amid many adversities. It has 45,000 ...

Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The small Catholic community in Laos rejoices at the opening of a new church dedicated to the first Laotian martyr of the Hmong ethnic group. As Fides has learned, the ...

Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The small but vibrant Catholic community of Laos has joyfully welcomed its new bishop. Msgr. Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong, a priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pakse, ...

Some 350 Hmong, Kmhmu, Lao and Karen Catholics gathered here to relive and celebrate the lives of the 17 martyrs of their native country Laos with gratitude and in thanksgiving for their exemplary ...

Ling, who grew up in a poor family without a father and was raised with the Khmu ethnic minority in Laos' mountainous Xiengkhouang province, can also be described as a "witness to the faith." Ling, ...

In 1953, communist guerrillas with the support of Vietnamese fighters invaded the northeastern part of what was then the French Protectorate of Laos. In Easter of the same year, the guerrillas stormed ...

Maly Manit's three children call him phothau -- grandpa. Others call him "God," a title that Bishop Pierre Bach surely would cede to a higher authority. But to Laotians languishing in refugee camps ...