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Pope strongly backs US bishops on immigration support, urges humane treatment

Church in Asia

Protesters throw stones and shout slogans during a standoff with police outside the demolished residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s former leader and the father of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after the verdict against Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (Credit: Rajib Dhar/AP.)

Catholics oppose death penalty announced for former Bangladeshi leader

Nov 18
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Cardinal Jose Advincula, archbishop of Manila. (Credit: Archdiocese of Manila.)

Manila archbishop asks military to ‘stay faithful to oath’ amid coup rumors

Nov 18
Joseph San Mateo

Advocates call National Convention as India’s Christians face surge in persecution, harassment

Nov 16
Nirmala Carvalho

Students use color sprays as they gather to commemorate "July Uprising Day" in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug. 5, 2025. (Credit: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP.)

Catholics question voting plans next year in Bangladesh

Nov 14
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Ethnic Santal people are seen in front of makeshift shelters after a violent eviction at Govindaganj of Gaibandha district in this November 2016 photo. (Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario.)

Indigenous community in Bangladesh protest discrimination

Nov 7
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Flag of India. (Credit: Unsplash.)

Court in India says efforts to bar Christians from villages not unconstitutional

Nov 7
Nirmala Carvalho

U.S. President Donald Trump with the Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 28, 2025. (Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP.)

Japanese cardinal opposed U.S. plan to renew testing of nuclear weapons

Nov 5
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Michael Felix Czerny (middle), Francesca Dona (right), regional coordinator-Asia Mainland (left), Father Joseph Savarimathu (right), taking a gift souvenir from the children. Children also provide a gift to Pope Leo through Cardinal Czerny. (Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario.)

Cardinal highlights situation of Rohingya refugees during visit to Bangladesh

Nov 5
Stephan Uttom Rozario

People from various faiths including Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Srinagar on October 29, 2017. (Credit: AP.)

Protestants attacked in Jammu and Kashmir state in India

Oct 29
Nirmala Carvalho

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, Cardinal Michael Czerny poses for portraits during an interview with The Associated Press at The Vatican. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Catholics in Bangladesh hope cardinal will bring Vatican attention to country

Oct 29
Stephan Uttom Rozario