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Caritas Bangladesh organized a special Advent Spiritual Seminar on Dec. 13, 2025 under the Strengthen Care & Support for People Living with HIV and AIDS and Their Children Project, supported by MISSIO. (Credit: Caritas Bangladesh.)

Catholic Church in Bangladesh participates in fight against HIV/AIDS

  • Dec 21
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in India. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Catholics intimidated in India

  • Dec 19
  • Nirmala Carvalho
On December 18, 2025, during a meeting between Catholic leaders and senior police officials, including the Chief of Bangladesh Police in Dhaka, the police administration assured special security for Christmas. (Credit: Bangladesh Christian Association.)

Bangladesh police to take special security measures for Christmas

  • Dec 18
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario
Flag of India. (Credit: Unsplash.)

India’s bishops secure procedural win in early stage of constitutional challenge to anti-conversion law

  • Dec 18
  • Nirmala Carvalho
A police vehicle in Davao City, the Philippines, on Dec. 17, 2025. (Credit: Manman Dejeto/AP.)

What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects

  • Dec 18
  • Jim Gomez, 
    Associated Press
(Credit: Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion de Maragondon/Facebook.)

300-year-old pulpit, a national cultural treasure in Philippines, collapses

  • Dec 17
  • Joseph San Mateo
People wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the verdict for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Chan Long Hei/AP.)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, a Catholic, convicted in landmark national security trial

  • Dec 15
  • Kanis Leung, 
    Associated Press
Vice President Sara Duterte leads the year-end celebration of the Office of the Vice President, in this photo posted on her Facebook account, Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook.)

Filipino activist priests file plunder complaint against VP Duterte

  • Dec 15
  • Joseph San Mateo
Sharif Osman Hadi, the leader of the frontline of the July 2024 uprising in Bangladesh, was shot on December 12, at noon, he is now critical. (Credit: Facebook.)

Catholics express concern over shooting of July coup leader in Bangladesh

  • Dec 13
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario
Bangladeshi migrant workers who are illegally going abroad are sent back to the country. (Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario.)

Deportation from the US in handcuffs is inhumane, says Church in Bangladesh

  • Dec 11
  • Stephan Uttom Rozario

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Cardinal celebrates Christmas mass in Gaza City

  • Dec 21
  • Melanie Lidman, 
    Associated Press

Pope blesses baby Jesus statues for Nativity scenes ahead of Christmas

  • Dec 21
  • Elise Ann Allen

Christmas celebrations return to Nazareth in Israel

  • Dec 21
  • Charles Collins

These influencers are teaching Christianity online — and young people are listening

  • Dec 21
  • Charlotte Kramon, 
    Associated Press