latest
Amnesty slams Asian countries on human rights
Violence against women, extrajudicial killings the main violations
Pope says all who do good will be redeemed, including atheists
Doing good is cited as the principle that unites humanity
Anti-Muslim fury in London after man is hacked to death
Victim, believed to be a soldier, butchered by men shouting Islamist slogans
The encounter in St Peter's Square: exorcism or not?
Blogger and commentator Father Tim Finigan adds his thoughts to the debateVatican signals possible papal visit to Manila
Request made for change of 2016 congress date
Anger at Beijing's grip on bishop elections
New regulations grant state-backed BCCCC final say on new bishops
Pope Francis requests prayers for China on Friday May 24
Pope Emeritus Benedict named the date World Day of Prayer for the Church in China
Up to 10,000 face relocation in Timor Leste
Airport expansion planned as ASEAN membership nears
Church
Pope Francis requests prayers for China on Friday May 24
Pope Emeritus Benedict named the date World Day of Prayer for the Church in China
-
The encounter in St Peter's Square: exorcism or not?
Blogger and commentator Father Tim Finigan adds his thoughts to the debate
-
Vatican signals possible papal visit to Manila
Request made for change of 2016 congress date
- Anger at Beijing's grip on bishop elections
- Church has no room for power struggles, says pope
- Anti-gay campaigner shoots himself in cathedral
asia/world
Amnesty slams Asian countries on human rights
Violence against women, extrajudicial killings the main violations
-
Anti-Muslim fury in London after man is hacked to death
Victim, believed to be a soldier, butchered by men shouting Islamist slogans
-
Up to 10,000 face relocation in Timor Leste
Airport expansion planned as ASEAN membership nears
- Filipino workers swamp Saudi Arabia consulates
- Vietnam bishop and VIPs urge release of activists
- Trouble brews as Bangladesh is hit by tea workers' strike
- Comfort women to meet Osaka mayor face to face
features
The struggles of Pakistan's first HIV sufferer
Nazir, Pakistan's first HIV patient, faces new challenges to this day
-
The rise and spectacular fall of an Indian guru
A dream to build a vast spiritual commune ended in a blizzard of charges including attempted murder
-
Balancing the cause of Matteo Ricci with Church-China relations
The strained relationship could cause years of delay
- Would this poster get young people into your church?
- Making miso with disaster refugees
- Horrific figures emerge on sexual assaults in US military
- It's the laptop of the future - and it's flexible
- For many Myanmar Muslims, it's time to flee
opinion
-
A subcontinent of intolerance
Minority faiths are being throttled all over South Asia
-
Philippine politics needs to break free of dynasties
Running in the family has an added meaning here
- Triumphalism is no way to remember civil war
- Could social media make you a better person?
- The Dalai Lama must stop sitting on the fence
- How did Ireland go from staunchly to not particularly Catholic?
- Reforming the Vatican is like nailing jelly to a wall
most read
- Polling day
- See our new gallery from the Philippines
- A priest who drinks
- What can parishioners do to help him beat the habit?
- The cult of money
- Pope Francis fires yet another broadside at it
- Supernatural
- Cardinal describes how the conclave was guided by the Holy Spirit
- Mostly a myth?
- Theologian has some surprising things to say about early Christian persecution
