The pastoral center at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Nan Hlaing, a rural area of the Diocese of Banmaw in northern Myanmar, was struck and destroyed in a bombing raid by the Burmese army on March 3, 2025.
A parish in the Diocese of Rajshahi marked the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes this year with a simple celebration that included prayers, lighting of candles, and a pilgrimage to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Human rights and activist groups raised alarm over a police “rescue operation” of tribal students from a Church-run university in the central Philippines on Monday, February 15.
Catholic priests and nuns in the Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar came out in the streets this week to show support and solidarity for the call for peace and democracy in the country.
Various Church groups have expressed support for “non-violent” mass movements calling for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar following the February 1 military coup.
Catholic leaders in Myanmar called on the country's political and military leaders to pursue dialogue amid growing tension in the wake of a military coup last week.
The Catholic Church has opened the St. Xavier Clinic, a medical center that aims to serve the people as the current political situation in the country affected the operation of several health facilities.
People in Myanmar showed their opposition to the military's move to take over government this week through peaceful protests that included prayers and the banging of pots and pans.
Missionary priest Joseph Stephen Peixotto of the Congregation of Holy Cross died at Moreau House in the capital of Bangladesh on February 4. He was 87.
Religions for Peace, which Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Bo serves as co-president, has condemned all actions that subvert the democratic will of Myanmar’s people and voiced solidarity with the people of the Southeast Asian country.
The Indonesian government has issued a decree banning state schools from interfering in the religious beliefs of students and teachers in a move that is being hailed as part of increased efforts to ensure the Muslim-majority country remains inclusive.
A rights group has called for the repeal of new anti-conversion legislation in an Indian state which they say has already been used to target Christians.
The head of the Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People of the Philippine bishops’ conference called on Filipinos in Myanmar to take care as political tension continues to rise in the country.
Sri Lanka’s government is aggressively attacking efforts to hold officials to account for past grave abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report.
A human rights organization warned this week World Health Organization investigators probing the origins of the coronavirus in China might not be able to get access to government critics.
Countries in Southeast Asia gave a tepid response to a coup in Myanmar on Monday, with no nation coming forward to condemn the military’s seizure of power, amid a general erosion of democracy in the region.
Christian groups held a demonstration in Madhupur, in the Division of Tangail in Bangladesh, to protest the displacement of indigenous peoples from their ancestral lands.
