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Cardinal Jose Advincula presides over the Mass at the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Mercy on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12, 2026. (Credit: Archdiocese of Manila.)

Manila archbishop collects cooking oil to help Filipinos weather energy crisis

  • Apr 27
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II
The Pelourinho Novo (lit. 'New Pillory'), also known as Hath Katro Khamb[b] (lit. 'Hand-Cutting Pillar'), in Old Goa. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

A centuries-old pillar in Goa is causing controversy about colonial history in India

  • Apr 22
  • Nirmala Carvalho
Mindanao State University stadium in Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, Philippines. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Philippine troops kill 10 suspected Muslim militants in deadliest clash so far this year

  • Apr 17
  • Jim Gomez, 
    Associated Press
A man walks out from a pavilion near the Xishiku Catholic Church during a rainy day in Beijing, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Andy Wong/AP.)

China raises pressure on underground Catholics to join official church, Human Rights Watch finds

  • Apr 16
  • David Crary, 
    Associated Press
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, bishop of the Diocese of Kalookan. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Filipino Cardinal David: ‘We should not allow faith to sanctify destruction’

  • Apr 12
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David leads the Easter Vigil at San Roque Cathedral, Caloocan City, April 4, 2026. (Credit: San Roque Cathedral.)

In open letter, Asian cardinal warns Americans of ‘moral failure’ over Iran war

  • Apr 10
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Pakistan’s bishops decry court ruling in child marriage case

  • Apr 4
  • Nirmala Carvalho

Bangladesh Bishops decline government stipend for Catholic clerics

  • Mar 23
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario

New laws in two Indian states threaten religious liberty

  • Mar 23
  • Nirmala Carvalho
President Rodrigo Duterte awards Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia the Order of Sikatuna with the Rank of Datu, the highest recognition given by the Philippine government to foreign ambassadors, Dec. 11, 2019. (Credit: Office of the President.)

New US nuncio Gabriele Caccia brings lessons from Duterte’s Philippines

  • Mar 18
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II

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