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Pope accepts resignation of US bishop who was arrested for alleged financial crimes

Church in Asia

Christian villagers in India uneasy after church vandalized

Mar 7
Nirmala Carvalho

A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

Mar 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

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