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US Military Archdiocese leader issues statement on military actions against suspected drug smugglers

Church in Asia

Flag of India. (Credit: Unsplash.)

Court in India tells state to make sure Christians don’t get minority benefits

Dec 4
Nirmala Carvalho

Indigenous peoples in Bangladesh are deprived in many ways and often persecuted by the majority. They are yet to get their constitutional recognition as an Indigenous people through their demands for years. (Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario.)

Bangladesh’s indigenous minorities deprived in social safety programs

Dec 4
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Protestors walk in Manila, Philippines on Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Thousands of demonstrators including Catholic clergy protest in the Philippines

Nov 30
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

Senator Imee Marcos, eldest sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Credit: Senator Imee R. Marcos/Facebook.)

Filipino bishop criticizes Marcos sister for calling President a ‘drug addict’

Nov 22
Joseph San Mateo

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at Zion Church in Beijing, Aug. 4, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Christian pastor’s daughter urges US lawmakers to help free her father in China

Nov 22
Didi Tang,
Associated Press

Christian leaders have called on the government to ensure the security of the minority Christian community with rallies in Dhaka on November 18. (Credit: Liton Rozario.)

Bangladeshi Christians protest after explosions ahead of Christmas

Nov 21
Stephan Uttom Rozario

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