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Damaged buildings are seen in the aftermath of an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 30, 2025. (Credit: Aung Shine Oo/AP.)

Church leaders pray for victims of earthquake in Myanmar

Mar 31
Nirmala Carvalho

Sentani International Airport in Jayapura is the principal point of entry to Papua. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

A Catholic teacher is killed in Western Papua, an area of Indonesia

Mar 29
Nirmala Carvalho

(Credit: Pixabay.)

Bombay archbishop thanks expectant parents for respecting life

Mar 26
Nirmala Carvalho

Odisha Legislative Assembly in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state in India. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Church desecrated in robbery in Odisha state in India

Mar 25
Nirmala Carvalho

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines at Clark Airbase in the north of the country on June 28, 2017. (Credit: Bullit Marquez/AP.)

Filipinos begin ‘obligatory prayer’ for healing after Duterte arrest

Mar 24
Joseph San Mateo

Protestors hold an illustration of former president Rodrigo Duterte behind bars as they call for justice to victims of the war on drugs during his administration in Quezon city, Philippines, on March 14, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Bishops grapple with divided Philippines after Duterte arrest

Mar 21
Joseph San Mateo

Cardinal Charles Bo puts miter on Bishop Raymond Wai Lin Htun on March 19, 2025 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Credit: Archdiocese of Yangon.)

Myanmar cardinal says world ‘divided by war’ and needs ‘unity’

Mar 20
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, leads an Ash Wednesday liturgy, urging Catholics to embrace genuine charity, holiness, and penance. (Credit: Diocese of Kalookan.)

Bishops in Asia pledge to increase Synodality in the Church

Mar 18
Nirmala Carvalho

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with his lawyer Salvador Medialdea seated left, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Credit: Peter Dejong/Pool via AP.)

Filipinos stage prayer rally for arrested Duterte: ‘Bring him home!’

Mar 17
Joseph San Mateo

Rata Thalisa in Indonesia. (Credit: Instagram.)

Indonesian cardinal calls for release of Trans person convicted of blasphemy against Christianity

Mar 14
Nirmala Carvalho