This initiative addresses the dual concerns of public safety and environmental protection, resonating with communities across Asia that face similar challenges during festive periods.
Catholic faithful in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Bonpara in northwestern Bangladesh joined Pope Francis in the recitation of the Holy Rosary for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
Authorities in Myanmar arrested a group of young Christians who distributed food and other goods in urban poor communities most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
A young Catholic from SiGao Correctional Institution in Hebei’s Handan Diocese and his teammates won this year’s curling event in China’s 11th Paralympic Games on April 28.
Prayers and offerings marked the celebration of the feast of St. Joseph the Worker at the Dhormohata village church under the Good Shepherd Cathedral Parish in Rajshahi diocese on May 1.
The Catholic Vicariate of Phnom Penh in Cambodia initiated the distribution of food supplies in areas most affected by the lockdown due to the prevailing coronavirus pandemic.
As the coronavirus pandemic worsens across India, a Catholic parish in the south Indian state of Kerala canceled a 211-year-old tradition of celebrating the feast of its patron saint.
Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, visited families under quarantine during the lockdown due to the pandemic to extend the Church’s help to those most in need.
Church officials said the cardinal passed away of old age at 10:15 p.m. at a Seoul hospital where he had been since February due to an unspecified ailment.
Authorities in Sri Lanka have arrested a prominent Muslim politician and his brother on for alleged links to the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist bombings that killed 269 people.
