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.
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.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo called on Sri Lanka’s Muslims to reject extremism as the country marked the anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people.
One in every three countries in the world suffers “grave violations” of religious freedom, according to a report released by the Catholic pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) this week.
A group of Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu and Muslim religious leaders in Myanmar launched a joint effort on April 20 to help at least 300 poor families in an urban poor community in Mandalay.
The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh has raised alarm over the safety of Rohingya refugees in the country as the monsoon season nears.
The Vatican has released a statement urging Christians and Muslims to be “bearers of hope” on the occasion of the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan last week.
