Tarihin Katolika a Thailand
Tarihi tsakanin Thailand da Vatican ya koma ɗaruruwan shekaru. Tuni a cikin 1669, a karkashin mulkin Sarki Narai Mai Girma na Ayutthaya, an sanar da kafa Ofishin Jakadancin de Siam, karkashin jagorancin Paparoma Clemens LX. Ɗaya daga cikin matsugunan Katolika da yawa shine ƙauyen Songkhon a lardin Mukdahan. Tare da mazaunan 600 kawai, tana da coci, makaranta da limamin cocin Faransa tare da mata biyu daga Laos.
Jean-Baptiste Maldonado: Flemish Jesuit a Ayutthaya
An san kadan game da shekarun kuruciyar Jean-Baptiste Maldonado. Mun san cewa shi Fleming ne wanda aka haife shi a shekara ta 1634 a Kudancin Netherlands kuma ya yi amfani da babban ɓangare na yarinta a Mons ko Bergen a Wallonia.
'Ƙasashen Batattu' da Zaluntar Katolika a Tailandia (1941 - 1944)
A cikin shekaru 1940 zuwa 1944, an tsananta wa al'ummar Katolika a Tailandia saboda ana ganin su a matsayin 'shafi na biyar' a cikin rikici da Indochina na Faransa.
Paparoma Francis ya tabbatar da ziyarar kasar Thailand daga ranar 20 zuwa 23 ga watan Nuwamba; Daga nan sai ya wuce zuwa Japan, inda ya gana da Sarkin sarakuna. Wannan ita ce tafiya ta hudu zuwa Asiya; A baya ya ziyarci Philippines, Sri Lanka, Koriya ta Kudu, Myanmar da Bangladesh. Paparoma Francis zai kasance Paparoma na biyu da zai ziyarci kasar Thailand, bayan Paparoma John Paul na biyu a shekarar 2.
Kungiyoyin mabiya darikar Katolika a birnin Rome sun bayar da rahoton a shafinsu na yanar gizo cewa Paparoma Francis zai ziyarci kasashen Thailand da Japan a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekara. Ziyarar tasa za ta zo daidai da cika shekaru 350 da kafa Cocin Roman Katolika a kasar Thailand.
'An gafarta muku zunubanku'
Shin kun taɓa tunanin bambance-bambancen da ke tsakanin Katolika da koyarwar Buddha? A'a? Ni kaina na yi tunani game da hakan lokacin da nake karanta labarin game da fim ɗin jima'i da aka harbe a cocin Sint Jozef a Tilburg.