Jesuit seminarians in Taunggyi, Myanmar, welcomed the new year by spending time with orphans and persons with disabilities at the Infant Jesus' Home in Shan State.
Hundreds of Pakistani Christian families fled a Lahore neighborhood ahead of Christmas after a mob of Muslims threatened to set fire to their homes, an international Christian group has reported.
The second wave of Covid-19 infections is devastating religious communities in South Africa, with at least six elderly nuns dying last week from a religious congregation in one diocese alone.
Radio Veritas Asia’s Telugu service and Amruthavani conducted a free medical camp on December 20 to provide free medical check-up and special consultation for the public.
Archbishop Marco Tin Win of Mandalay has appealed to Catholics to make an effort to be more religious and avoid drinking alcohol and partying over Christmas and New Year.
Christians and Muslims in Indonesia's East Java province have decorated a Christmas tree using masks and hand-sanitizer bottles to remind people to follow health protocols and show unity amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo urged Catholics in Sri Lanka to celebrate Christmas with family and to observe the day with faith, especially in the middle of the pandemic.
The Vatican has issued a decree this week allowing priests to celebrate up to four Masses on Christmas Day, on New Year’s Day, and on Jan. 6, Feast of the Epiphany.
The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to consider a petition that the requirement of annual confession in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church violates its members' privacy rights.
Churches in the Philippines are preparing to welcome Christmas under the “new normal” by tweaking traditions to comply with health guidelines during the pandemic.
