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Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as a new member of the Vatican body that supports the Eastern Catholic churches throughout the world.

Pope Francis this week called on various Christian groups to work together to build a stronger bond of friendship and love.

The new Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sakon Nakhon in Thailand's northeast region met with the Abbot of Forest Monastery to strengthen relations with the local Buddhist hierarchy.

Pope Francis on Tuesday invited believers of all faiths to set aside a minute to pray for peace, especially for Myanmar and the Holy Land.

Workers of India's tea gardens in the northeastern state of Assam, already stressed for lack of regular wages, found themselves in greater danger as an unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 infections were discovered from three tea estates in Kalain block near the Assam border with Mizoram state.

Children from the Karen tribe in Mazaw village in the parish of Myeik, Mawlamyine diocese, received first communion on May 30.

The Diocese of Dinajpur in Bangladesh ordained five priests at the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Dinajpur on June 4.

A Catholic from northeast India became the second climber from Arunachal Pradesh to scale Mt Everest.

A Catholic Church has been repeatedly hit by artillery shells on June 6, Corpus Christi Sunday, as Myanmar’s military continued its offensive in the eastern part of the country’s Kayah State.

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The High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, acquitted on Thursday, June 3, a Christian couple who were earlier sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.

Pope Francis on Thursday, June 3, appointed a Filipino archbishop as new apostolic nuncio to Israel and Cyprus.

The Diocese of Mawlamyine in Myanmar was able to ordain two new deacons even in the midst of political crisis in the country.

The Archdiocese of Imphal in India has proposed six points to help address the coronavirus pandemic in the area.

The Vatican has released on Tuesday, June 1, major revisions to the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law, including sanctions related to clergy sex abuse cases.

A member of the Order of Preachers, known as the Dominicans, from Myanmar has been ordained priest in Spain on May 24.

At least 400 Catholic priests and nuns died in India due to COVID-19 in the past two months, a Vatican report said.

Detained Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, known as Stan Swamy, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, May 30.

Cardinal Cornelius Sim, the first and only cardinal from Brunei, died while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday, May 29.

The Bombay High Court has ordered prison authorities on Friday, May 28, to immediately transfer detained Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, known as Stan Swamy, to a private hospital.