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Church in Asia

Interior of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Christian pastor murdered in Muslim-majority Pakistan

  • Dec 10
  • Nirmala Carvalho
Devotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd hanging above during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Credit: Rajanish Kakade/AP.)

Court in India says anti-conversion laws don’t stop preaching Christianity

  • Dec 10
  • Nirmala Carvalho
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

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Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

  • Dec 10
  • Nicole Winfield, 
    Associated Press

Indigenous artifacts returned by the Vatican are now at a Canadian museum

  • Dec 10
  • Associated Press

Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era

  • Dec 10
  • Melanie Lidman, 
    Associated Press

Christian pastor murdered in Muslim-majority Pakistan

  • Dec 10
  • Nirmala Carvalho