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A fisherman from the southern Philippines, an Indonesian media group, a scientist from Bangladesh, a Pakistani entrepreneur, and a humanitarian worker are this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, dubbed as Asia’s Nobel Prize.

Catholic activists in Yogyakarta in Central Java held a vaccination campaign for university students who come from outside Yogyakarta.

Vice President K.H. Ma'ruf Amin of Indonesia stressed the importance of “national harmony” in the country as he visited the country’s main houses of worship on August 27.

Children in six Asian countries are among those most at risk of the impacts of the climate crisis, says a report by the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund or UNICEF.

A Catholic nun was reported hurt in an attack in the municipality of Bonpara in the district of Natore in Bangladesh's northern Rajshahi division.

Catholics in Sri Lanka wore black and hoisted black flags on Saturday, August 21, to show their indignation over the government’s failure to solve the 2019 Easter Sunday attack on churches.

Caritas Bangladesh, the social action arm of the Catholic Church in the country, held a training seminar for teachers on ethics and morals in Caritas's Rajshahi regional office on August 18 and 19.

A Jesuit priest who became captive of the Taliban in Afghanistan blamed the international community for the current political crisis in the country.

Christians in Afghanistan fear that it is only a matter of time before the attacks happen as some of them start to receive threats

Myanmar's military has earlier asked for 30 monks, one for each checkpoint in the city, from an organization of Buddhist monks

The cardinal said he was not satisfied with the legal action currently being taken by the authorities against the bombing suspects

A Jesuit priest who is currently stranded in Afghanistan following the takeover by the militant Taliban of the country this week said the situation is “changing” and “chaotic.”

Human rights and minority groups in Bangladesh staged a demonstration last week to protest alleged abuses and torture of minorities in the country.

The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi region marked “National Mourning Day” on August 15 by distributing food to street children and the elderly.

Christians and Muslims in Jakarta, Indonesia, are working together to provide assistance to communities most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

India's National Solidarity Forum (NSF), which comprises over 70 human rights organizations, is set to honor individuals and institutions who have worked for the defense and promotion of human rights.

The Diocese of Sylhet in Bangladesh inaugurated as new school — Notre Dame School and College — in the town of Sreemangal on July 22.

The parish of Shwe Pyi Thar in Yangon, Myanmar, launched a relief program on July 29 to help address the rising COVID-19 cases in the area.

Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Merauke in Papua, Indonesia, condemned the attack on a man with disability by two Air Force personnel on July 26.

Philippine Catholic bishops congratulated the country’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, not only for her victory but for her show of faith and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.