This initiative addresses the dual concerns of public safety and environmental protection, resonating with communities across Asia that face similar challenges during festive periods.
Church officials in eastern Myanmar’s Kayah state have prioritized the emergency needs of thousands of displaced people rather than repairing churches damaged by military attacks.
Catholic Church leaders in Myanmar appealed for a “humanitarian corridor” in the country’s conflict zones as violence continues to rage in many parts of the country this week.
Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as a new member of the Vatican body that supports the Eastern Catholic churches throughout the world.
The new Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sakon Nakhon in Thailand's northeast region met with the Abbot of Forest Monastery to strengthen relations with the local Buddhist hierarchy.
Workers of India's tea gardens in the northeastern state of Assam, already stressed for lack of regular wages, found themselves in greater danger as an unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 infections were discovered from three tea estates in Kalain block near the Assam border with Mizoram state.
A Catholic Church has been repeatedly hit by artillery shells on June 6, Corpus Christi Sunday, as Myanmar’s military continued its offensive in the eastern part of the country’s Kayah State.
The High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, acquitted on Thursday, June 3, a Christian couple who were earlier sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
The Vatican has released on Tuesday, June 1, major revisions to the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law, including sanctions related to clergy sex abuse cases.
