Asian News

Father Alengaden was an active, creative, innovative, respective, inspiring leader, value educator, trendsetter and the dreamer of new India based on the Gandhian principles. Thousands of youngsters, educators, and leaders expressed their sorrow at the great loss of a great educator.  

Pope Francis appointed John Rodrigues (56), Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, as Bishop of Poona in India and it was announced publicly from Rome on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
Watch stories from Asia and from around the world.

Bishop Emmanuel Trance read the Pope's letter in which the Pope expressed his closeness to the local Church and recalled the late bishop's "many years of devoted priestly and episcopal ministry."

The Kandhamal Human Right Awards recognize individuals/organizations/movements for their outstanding contribution to the promotion, protection, and advancement of human rights, social justice, and equitability for all. 

Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
Watch stories from Asia and from around the world.

Ittiyavirah, who preferred the term "God's tramp," left the Jesuit theological seminary just nine months before being ordained and spent the next 20 years travelling by foot throughout Kerala and other parts of India.

Father Rico Ponce, O. Carm. was elected as the new Prior Provincial to the Philippines Carmelites

According to the senior administrative officer, Broadwell Christian Hospital has been subjected to "physical, mental, and emotional assault for one year, based on false charges of forced religious conversions."

Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
Watch stories from Asia and from around the world.

According to Bishop Mesiona, the protesters, with their "brave acts," put their lives at risk to protect the environment from further devastation.

Cardinal Charles Bo administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 1173 Catholics within a week in Myitkyina Diocese, Myanmar, in February.

Promoting Christian books from the stand of a fair is giving witness to the gospel and fostering interaction with the Muslim country.

Bishop Cortes asks, “How can we ever have lasting peace if we keep living in a culture of violence?” and “When will this cycle of killing ever stop?”

Around 50 people from a Hindu fundamentalist group surrounded the Christian bookstall at Delhi World Book Fair, chanting 'Jai Shree Ram' slogans, and accusing Christians of forced religious conversions.

Radio Veritas Asia special coverage on the Asian Continental Synodal Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand.

In a road accident, six people, including three sisters and one priest, died on the spot when a heavy truck carrying cement rammed into a four-wheeler (Bolero) at Umbang, Sumer, in Ri Bhoi district on February 26.

Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
Watch stories from Asia and from around the world.

Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
Watch stories from Asia and from around the world.

Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
Watch stories from Asia and from around the world.