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Then-Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo speaks during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 20, 2023. (Credit: Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

Japanese cardinal says a ‘polite persecution’ faces Christians in Japan

  • Feb 28
  • Nirmala Carvalho
Cardinal Jaime Sin hosted both of Pope John Paul II’s visits to the Philippines in 1981 and 1995. (Credit: Ryansean071/Wikimedia Commons.)

Filipinos remember prophetic Cardinal Sin on 40th People Power anniversary

  • Feb 27
  • Paterno R. Esmaquel II
Sri Lankan police officers secure the area of exploded St. Anthony’s Church on Easter Sunday attacks in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 28, 2019. (Credit: Eranga Jayawardena/AP.)

Sri Lanka police arrest former intelligence chief in connection with 2019 bombings

  • Feb 25
  • Krishan Francis, 
    Associated Press

India’s Supreme Court grants temporary relief to tribal Christians in burial dispute

  • Feb 24
  • Nirmala Carvalho

India’s SC upholds lower court ruling in religious liberty restriction case

  • Feb 18
  • Nirmala Carvalho

Caritas Bangladesh, already active, seeks to do more

  • Feb 18
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario
Newly elected Tarique Rahman greets supporters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 14, 2026. (Credit: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP.)

Catholics in Bangladesh praise peaceful elections for new parliament

  • Feb 16
  • Nirmala Carvalho

Caritas Bangladesh calls for global defense of human dignity on Int’l anti-Trafficking Day

  • Feb 9
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, then owner of the Hong Kong and Taiwan newspaper Apple Daily, attends the Seminar on Tenth Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover organized by Democratic Party in Hong Kong, June 9, 2007. (Credit: Kin Cheung/AP.)

What to know about Catholic Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong journey from media mogul and activist to convict

  • Feb 9
  • Kanis Leung, 
    Associated Press

In milestone election, Indian bishops choose Dalit cardinal to head conference

  • Feb 9
  • Nirmala Carvalho

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Brazilian priest convicted of embezzling nearly 700 smart devices donated to his institute

  • Mar 2
  • Eduardo Campos Lima

Church should take a ‘critical and prophetic stance’ towards polarizing rhetoric, says Spanish archbishop

  • Mar 2
  • Fionn Shiner

Pope warns against ‘spiral of violence’ as US attacks Iran

  • Mar 1
  • Elise Ann Allen

Vatican removes salty white film coating Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’

  • Mar 1
  • Nicole Winfield