INDONESIA: Cite decree on minority communities in the predominantly Muslim province
PAKISTAN: Removal of four cameras leaves them 'exposed to possible violence'
VIETNAM: Calls on Catholics to give one percent of their disposable income
PHILIPPINES: 'Rubber not solution', says priest ahead of world day, but monogamy is
INTERNATIONAL: Indian activist Virginia Saldanha moves on from her work for the bishops, but carries on work for oppressed, writes Dennis Coday on the National Catholic Reporter.
INDONESIA: Local authorities in a West Javan city issue a "final ultimatum" to worshippers of a sealed-off Protestant church: no more praying on the sidewalk, according to a report in the Jakarta Globe.
MALAYSIA: The Sultan of Selangor, the head of Islam in the central Malaysian state, said there was evidence of "attempts to subvert the faith and belief of Muslims" at a dinner held on the premises of a church - and has ordered counselling for the Muslims involved, said reports by the Associated Press and The Star.
INTERNATIONAL: “Once liberated from her material and political burdens, the church can reach out more effectively and in a truly Christian way to the whole world; she can be truly open to the world," Pope Benedict said recently on his German trip, according to an analysis on America Magazine.
PHILIPPINES: Protesters urge more responsible methods, less foreign influence over minerals exploitation
PHILIPPINES: If no resolution is issued until the end of the month, 'incumbents will continue'
INDIA: Attacks on a church in Hyderabad, India, continue to occur, said a priest, due to police and other authorities' "inactivity and neglect", according to Eva-Maria Kolmann and John Pontifex of the Aid to the Church in Need.
INDIA: The Aid to the Church in Need features the story of the growing diocese of Asansol in India's West Bengal.