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On Christmas, pope makes appeal for Gaza and displaced people

Church in Asia

After the August 5 uprising, there have been incidents of torture and persecution of 2,300 people from minority communities alleged from a rally and human chain organized by Bangladesh Minority Unity Front on Dec. 22, at Dhaka. (Credit: Bangladesh Minority Unity Front.)

Bangladesh Minority Unity Front alleges government failure to provide security to minorities

Dec 24
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a prominent right-wing Hindu nationalist organization, shout slogans during a protest near Bangladesh High Commission accusing Bangladeshi groups of wrongly targeting Indians, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec.23, 2025. (Credit: Manish Swarup/AP.)

Protest erupts in India’s capital city over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh

Dec 23
Rajesh Roy,
Riyush Nagpal, Associated Press

Caritas Bangladesh organized a special Advent Spiritual Seminar on Dec. 13, 2025 under the Strengthen Care & Support for People Living with HIV and AIDS and Their Children Project, supported by MISSIO. (Credit: Caritas Bangladesh.)

Catholic Church in Bangladesh participates in fight against HIV/AIDS

Dec 21
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in India. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Catholics intimidated in India

Dec 19
Nirmala Carvalho

On December 18, 2025, during a meeting between Catholic leaders and senior police officials, including the Chief of Bangladesh Police in Dhaka, the police administration assured special security for Christmas. (Credit: Bangladesh Christian Association.)

Bangladesh police to take special security measures for Christmas

Dec 18
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Flag of India. (Credit: Unsplash.)

India’s bishops secure procedural win in early stage of constitutional challenge to anti-conversion law

Dec 18
Nirmala Carvalho

A police vehicle in Davao City, the Philippines, on Dec. 17, 2025. (Credit: Manman Dejeto/AP.)

What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects

Dec 18
Jim Gomez,
Associated Press

(Credit: Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion de Maragondon/Facebook.)

300-year-old pulpit, a national cultural treasure in Philippines, collapses

Dec 17
Joseph San Mateo

People wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the verdict for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Chan Long Hei/AP.)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, a Catholic, convicted in landmark national security trial

Dec 15
Kanis Leung,
Associated Press

Vice President Sara Duterte leads the year-end celebration of the Office of the Vice President, in this photo posted on her Facebook account, Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook.)

Filipino activist priests file plunder complaint against VP Duterte

Dec 15
Joseph San Mateo