Church in Asia

A new book written by Bangladeshi Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario was released by Archbishop of Bejoy N. D'Cruze of Dhaka at the Catholic Bishops' Conference (CBCB) Center in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, on October 1.

The Catholic Church must be with the people, not on the side of the rulers and the powerful.

Christians in Afghanistan have been fleeing the cities to escape the Taliban, according to partners of Release International. Many Christians who remain are trapped inside the country, unable to leave through closed borders.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo says Catholics can adapt quickly as he officially opened the Ecclesiastical Choir Fest (PESPARANI) in Jakarta on October 2.

Nearly 1,000 people in Chin state seek refuge from the military's indiscriminate attacks on civilian homes

Election period will reveal Filipinos' true identity, says Bishop Bagaforo

Thousands of families forcibly removed from informal settlements to unclog stormwater drains in Karachi

A Myanmar bishop of Yangon archdiocese ordained five deacons amid political unrest on September 25.

The United Christian Forum had appealed to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to ensure members of the minority religious community are safe after those belonging to the Hindutva organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad allegedly threatened to demolish churches in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh.

A Catholic nun in India is being lauded for constructing 150 houses for the homeless in ten years.

The religious leaders felt that “any Act such as RUU 355 enabling such offences to be tried by the Shariah Court would be void as there is already a Federal Law criminalising them.”

Even as the Karnataka state government is mulling the necessity to enact a law to ban forcible religious conversions, an opinion is emerging against such a move.

As the people of Bihar, India's third largest state, reel under the twin misfortunes of post COVID-19 instability and the onslaught of floods caused by heavy monsoons, the social action centers of the Archdiocese of Patna are on a mission of giving aid to the most affected.

Sister Mary Proshanto of the Associates of Mary Queen of the Apostles, popularly known as SMRA, released the book “Go to Saint Joseph” on Sept. 17, 2021.

A book on Small Christian Communities (SCC) was launched in India during a three-day regional meeting at Raniganj Pastoral center in North Bengal last week.

Members of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Yangon in Myanmar are holding their annual retreat this week from September 21 to 24.

Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila tested positive of COVID-19, two days after a religious congregation in the Philippine capital announced that 62 of its nuns were positive of the disease.

The archbishop of Kota Kinabalu and the bishop of Keningau, both in Malaysia, called on Malaysians “to rise above” the challenges brought about by the pandemic and find “alternative ways” to “national recovery and unity.”

Two new deacons from Myanmar were ordained in Hong Kong on September 15, Memorial Day of Our Lady of Sorrows.

At least 62 nuns in a convent of the Religious of the Virgin Mary congregation in Quezon City in the Philippine capital have been found positive of COVID-19.