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The Indonesian government banned all public celebrations of “Eid al-Adha,” Islam’s “Feast of Sacrifice,” that was celebrated on Tuesday, July 20.

Christian missionaries and indigenous peoples in the southern tip of India’s Chhattisgarh state have been placed under police surveillance.

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar reiterated his call for an end to conflict on July 19 as he appealed for unity to address the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Father Alexander Thein Kyaw was parish priest of the Our Lady of Fatima Church in Thone Kwa town. He was a member of the Order of Servants of Mary congregation.

A Catholic priest and a nun were among the latest fatalities of the coronavirus disease in the Diocese of Kalay in Myanmar.

A Jesuit priest who was known as a management expert and educator died in India’s Jamshedpur in Jharkhand State early this week. He was 70.

A Catholic diocese in Bangladesh has provided support to at least 80 homeless people affected by the erosion of a river in the area last month.

A Salesian priest, Arokia Raj Mariasurai, has been named one of the four new members of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission in India on July 13.

In a letter addressed Monday to the president of Sri Lanka, Catholic leaders criticized the “lethargic pace” of a government inquiry into coordinated terrorist attacks on churches that took place on Easter Sunday 2019, and questioned why recommendations brought by an official inquiry into the attacks have not yet been acted upon.

A Catholic priest from China, Father Lawrence Liu Hong’en, died of COVID-19 in the Philippines on July 13.

The Church’s Prison Ministry of India should go beyond prison visits, intercessions, and organizing of events on feast days and festivals.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo, reiterated his earlier warning against the Sri Lankan government’s plan to develop the country’s Muthurajawela wetlands.

The vicar general of the Diocese Hpa An in Myanmar, Monsignor Martinus Myint Soe, died of COVID-19 on Friday, July 9.

The death of Indian Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, while in detention caused an outcry in India and abroad.

A ban on more than one person leaving home for non-medical reasons will apply to 10 Yangon townships starting Thursday, July 8.

The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh named a new executive director in the person of Mr. Sebastian Rozario.

Pope Francis has appointed Father Anthony Pascal Rebello, a Divine Word missionary priest from India, as new bishop of Francistown in Botswana in South Africa.

The Archdiocese of Mandalay has set up a new commission to address the needs of the people as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country.

Father Swamy suffered from cardiac arrest on July 4 and was put on a ventilator but he never regained consciousness

A community of Myanmar people in Australia launched a fund-raising event for displaced families back home on June 19.