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Airport chapels stay on the radar of workers and travelers even as role of faith in public shifts

Church in Asia

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

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