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 Catholic priest in the Diocese of Loikaw stood his ground on Tuesday, March 9, and barred soldiers and policemen from going after protester in the city of Loikaw in Kaya State.
More priest and nuns are joining street marches in Myanmar this week following the shooting of protesters by the police and military outside a Catholic church on Monday, March 8.
Violence erupted in Myanmar on Monday, March 8, after policemen and soldiers shot at protesters outside the Catholic cathedral in the city of MyitKyiNa in Myanmar.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon called for patience and tolerance amid growing violence in Myanmar a month after the military took over the government in a coup.
Bishop Yves Ramousse, former apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, died on Friday, February 26, at the age of 93, due to complications brought about by COVID-19.
The largest commercial city in southern Vietnam plans to allow religious places and inessential services to reopen with small groups as it has recorded no new Covid-19 infections for two weeks.
An imprisoned Christian couple facing death sentences after being convicted of sending ‘blasphemous’ text messages have again had their appeal deferred.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Malaysia (CBCM) has called on the government to not continue with the deportation of Myanmar nationals, saying the move could endanger their lives.
A communist minister in India’s Kerala state says the Catholic Church’s efforts have helped to combat Covid-19 in the southern state, where the struggle continues.
Catholic nuns, seminarians and laypeople have marched on the streets to pray for peace as pro-democracy protests intensify in Myanmar three weeks after the Feb. 1 coup.
An Indian human rights group that monitors atrocities against Christians has expressed opposition to a directive by Daman's administration requiring the mandatory veneration of the Hindu goddess of knowledge.
The Philippine government has canceled the “permanent resident” visa of a Dutch Catholic missionary and ordered him to leave the country over his alleged involvement in “illegal political activities.”
