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Environmental activists and Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation (Ecoton) have built a plastic museum with 3F (Fish Fersus Flastic) in Gersik, East Java Province of Indonesia.

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, SDB, President, Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC), will inaugurate a new mobile app for Radio Veritas Asia at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Yangon, Myanmar, October 11.

In a report, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expresses concern that Myanmar's crisis could develop into a large-scale disaster.

Human rights activists have condemned the death of a Dalit Christian boy in Gaya, Bihar state of north India.

There has been growing intolerance and open hostility towards Christians since the beginning of September in India.

Palawan prelate fears pandemic-driven poverty will drive people into illegal logging, mining activities

Bangladesh Catholic Bishops' Conference inaugurated a 400,000 (four lakhs) tree planting initiative at Mohammadpur CBCB Center in Dhaka.

A Catholic man settled in Dubai who lost his job due to the Covid-19 situation is the inspiration for a bouquet of online Bible marathons that have been happening in India and elsewhere.

The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Navy held an interfaith prayer aboard the Semarang-594 warship, sailing in Jakarta waters on September 23.

A Rome-based Filipino priest called on the faithful to exercise their prophetic mission by ‘not turning a blind eye’ to the spate of killings and corruption in the country.

Indian Catholic Bishops establish Bioethics Forum to engage with moral questions arising from medical practice and public policy.

Rajshahi diocesan Commission for Christian Unity and Interreligious Dialogue organized a seminar on the "Season of Creation and Child Protection" on September 19.

Indonesian capital Jakarta's air quality has improved in recent months. The Church is doing its part.

A group of Christian writers and journalists in Bangladesh, a predominantly Muslim country, held a meeting in Dhaka on September 17 to define their role in society amid the pandemic.

The Communion of Churches in Indonesian (CCI) strongly condemned the outrage incident in Kiwirok District, Bintang Mountains Regency, Papua Province that was caused by the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) on September 13.

The Bishops of the Philippines offered a pastoral message to resist with courage, stand up for God and bear witness to truth amid the prevailing culture of murder and plunder.

Thousands of people continue to be displaced in several areas in Myanmar, said reports received by Radio Veritas Asia from communities.

Tributes have been pouring in from all parts of the country as the Indian Christian community and political leaders mourn the death of Oscar Fernandes, a prominent Catholic politician from Karnataka State and former Union minister. He died on September 13 at the age of 80 years old.

Cardinal Oswald Gracias released the Indian edition of Healing the World: Life After Pandemic, a book by Pope Francis at the Holy Name Cathedral, Mumbai, on September 12.

A top Vatican official, Pope Francis' climate change desk man, stressed the importance of journalists in disseminating information about environmental issues.