St. Xavier’s Parish, Thanlon, under the Archdiocese of Imphal in the northeast Indian state of Manipur, celebrated its Golden Jubilee on December 10, marking 50 years of faith, service, and missionary legacy in the region.
Pope Francis has named Bishop Cornelius Sim of the Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam the first Catholic cardinal of one of the richest and smallest countries in the world.
Archbishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng of Myanmar, considered by many members of the Catholic clergy in the country as a mentor, died on Saturday, October 24.
Protestants in Kondagaon district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh are living in fear following attacks on their properties by local indigenous people last month.
China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs ordered that only trips organized by the state-sanctioned Islamic Association of China will be permitted.
Christians in Saravan province in Laos have reportedly been evicted from their homes and forced to live in a forest area for refusing to renounce their faith.
The priest was taken from his residence at the Jesuit owned Bagaicha social center and then taken to Mumbai where a special court remanded him in judicial custody until October 23.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon expressed gratitude to the international community for the “global solidarity” as Myanmar continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
Catholic church leaders in Sri Lanka refuted claims made by a politician implying that Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo, had advance knowledge of the 2019 Easter bomb attacks.
A film by Father John La Raw, a Catholic priest from Myanmar and former coordinator of Radio Veritas Asia’s Kachin Service, will soon be shown in 67 countries in Asia and Africa.
Chinese authorities have reportedly abducted a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Mindong in Fujian on the south-east coast of China and has since been detained in an unknown location.
Hate attacks against Christians have become a new normal in India. There has been a rise in cases of attacks against churches and pastors being reported almost daily recently.
Catholic Church leaders in South Korea have expressed their opposition to a proposal to legislate same sex-marriage even as they supported an anti-discrimination bill that recognizes the existence of genders other than male and female.
There is gloom in Bamora village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district. A migrant worker Manish ‘Sunil’ Vishwakarma, who had returned from Delhi in May this year when the entire nation was under COVID-19 induced lockdown, allegedly committed suicide.
Church leaders in the Philippines have expressed their opposition to a proposal in the country’s Congress to declare as “special non-working holiday” the birth anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, archbishop of Yangon, called on the people in Myanmar to “make a discerned choice” and “vote for peace” in the country’s coming national elections.
