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Features

Chronic poverty fuels human trafficking in Vietnam

Chronic poverty fuels human trafficking in Vietnam

UCA News reporter

The unending Santal struggle for land rights in Bangladesh

Emran Hossain

Women religious empower tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka

Thomas Scaria, OSV News

India’s new criminal code increases death penalty crimes

India’s new criminal code increases death penalty crimes

Ben Joseph

We don’t have all the answers: We don’t even have all the questions

William J Grimm

Let’s start Father Stan Swamy’s beatification process

John Dayal

Latest Series

Asia shares world-wide shame

Chronic poverty fuels human trafficking in Vietnam

Sri Lankan veterans duped into fighting in Russian-Ukrainian War

The rampant business of child bride trafficking in Malaysia

Chronic poverty fuels human trafficking in Vietnam

Hapless victims are lured with promises of lucrati...

Sri Lankan veterans duped into fighting in Russian-Ukrainian War

Families say they were ‘forced’ by island nati...

The rampant business of child bride trafficking in Malaysia

Rohingya, Bangladeshi girls as young as 11-12 year...

Christ Calls, Asians Respond 2024

From the brink of suicide, Malaysian walks to the shore of faith

Trusting in God brings Japanese psychiatrist back from the brink

Beating cancer helps Sri Lankan Buddhist woman find faith

From the brink of suicide, Malaysian walks to the shore of faith

Francis Ahleong says he felt at peace when he star...

Trusting in God brings Japanese psychiatrist back from the brink

Takanori Sakakura, who chose St Luke, a physician,...

Beating cancer helps Sri Lankan Buddhist woman find faith

After two years of pain and failed treatments, Ruw...

Saints of the New Millennium

Filipino Catholic policeman holds onto his faith

Pakistani insurance agent keeps hopes alive with unwavering faith

Sri Lankan Catholic fisher folk keep up faith, traditions

Filipino Catholic policeman holds onto his faith

Denver Jay Busa remembers the spiritual inspiratio...

Pakistani insurance agent keeps hopes alive with unwavering faith

Gill’s boss suggested he drop his Christian name...

Sri Lankan Catholic fisher folk keep up faith, traditions

'God helps us. He is our only hope,' says Marian L...

Challenges Facing Asian Church

Language, context challenge theological formation in Pakistan

Sri Lankan Catholics fight neglect to work with hierarchy

Clergy abuse ‘swept under the carpet’ in Indian Church

Language, context challenge theological formation in Pakistan

Only a critical review of the priestly formation p...

Sri Lankan Catholics fight neglect to work with hierarchy

Few parish priests allow laypeople to participate ...

Clergy abuse ‘swept under the carpet’ in Indian Church

Hierarchy says it has mechanism for holding inquir...

Catechumens are the Church's treasures

When Buddhist girl grows up in Mongolian parish

Atheist Korean woman joins Church in search of divine love

Christian-hating Bangladeshi man receives baptism

When Buddhist girl grows up in Mongolian parish

Dashtsend Tsetseg Suren first entered the church h...

Atheist Korean woman joins Church in search of divine love

The tolling of church bells made the teacher pause...

Christian-hating Bangladeshi man receives baptism

Homilies of a missionary priest from Colombia and ...

Unequal Christians of Asian Churches

A ‘pure blood’ claim that discriminates among Indian Catholics

Minority Tamil Catholics feel shortchanged by Sri Lankan Church

Indigenous people feel abandoned by Philippine Church

A ‘pure blood’ claim that discriminates among Indian Catholics

The Vatican terms endogamy unchristian, but Kerala...

Minority Tamil Catholics feel shortchanged by Sri Lankan Church

Social discrimination that Tamil people suffer in ...

Indigenous people feel abandoned by Philippine Church

The Igorot people's exclusion from parish councils...

Mothers - The Catholic Church’s Unsung Heroines

Filipino grandma assumes daughter’s Catholic role as mother

The faithful Sri Lankan matriarch from Negombo

Mother embodies Catholic spirit in Cambodian capital

Filipino grandma assumes daughter’s Catholic role as mother

There are millions of Marcianas bringing up childr...

The faithful Sri Lankan matriarch from Negombo

My prayer book and rosary are my weapons in times ...

Mother embodies Catholic spirit in Cambodian capital

If you trust in God, he will provide everything, s...

Christ calls, Asians respond

Filipina overcomes fears of the future to become Catholic

One-on-one with priest leads Japanese atheist to baptism

Myanmar Buddhist finds Christ after fleeing conflict

Filipina overcomes fears of the future to become Catholic

'I had the courage to be baptized … because my f...

One-on-one with priest leads Japanese atheist to baptism

Kazuhiro Sasahara met the priest suggested by his ...

Myanmar Buddhist finds Christ after fleeing conflict

Titus San Shwe Mya and his family encountered Cath...

The Changing Face of Asian Mission

Tribal priests persist with German mission in central India

Korean missionaries build up lives in Malaysia's Borneo

Local Jesuits lead mission in poverty-stricken Hazaribagh

Tribal priests persist with German mission in central India

Church initiatives helped the indigenous tribes fo...

Korean missionaries build up lives in Malaysia's Borneo

Priests from South Korea started the mission after...

Local Jesuits lead mission in poverty-stricken Hazaribagh

Indigenous priests are shepherding the early Austr...

Slavery in Asia

Slave labor shames India's claims of progressive development

Vietnam's poor women slave away in dead-end jobs

Death at sea: Thai slave masters show no mercy

Slave labor shames India's claims of progressive development

Despite numerous labor-friendly laws passed since ...

Vietnam's poor women slave away in dead-end jobs

Millions of women are trapped in low-income jobs o...

Death at sea: Thai slave masters show no mercy

Thailand's lucrative fishing sector resorts to hig...

Sunday Homilies

Sunday Gospel reflection with Father William Grimm

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India's Eastern Church resolves decades-old liturgy dispute

India's Eastern Church resolves decades-old liturgy dispute

Let’s start Father Stan Swamy’s beatification process

Let’s start Father Stan Swamy’s beatification process

Indian court calls a halt to Christian religious meets

Indian court calls a halt to Christian religious meets

Church leaders slam jail term for Indian activist

Church leaders slam jail term for Indian activist

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Sunday Gospel reflection with Father William Grimm

Sunday Gospel reflection with Father William Grimm

Hong Kong celebrates annual Bun Festival

Hong Kong celebrates annual Bun Festival

Murdered Philippine activist’s family continues fight for justice after 13 years

Murdered Philippine activist’s family continues fight for justice after 13 years

Rescuers mount daring mission to rescue pets from Mount Ruang

Rescuers mount daring mission to rescue pets from Mount Ruang

Filipino farmers fight heatwave to save crops, livelihood

Filipino farmers fight heatwave to save crops, livelihood

Families of Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter bombing victims wait for truth, justice

Families of Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter bombing victims wait for truth, justice

Our Voices

Indonesia to compensate victims of dictatorship years

Antonio Spadaro, SJ

‘The Water Has Been Agitated’

Antonio Spadaro, SJ

Trusting in God brings Japanese psychiatrist back from the brink

Babu Joseph Karakombil

India remains a work in progress at 75

Babu Joseph Karakombil

What’s behind ban on halal-certified products in India?

India’s new criminal code increases death penalty crimes

Benedict Rogers

Let's keep singing ‘Glory to Hong Kong’

Benedict Rogers

Bijay Kumar Minj

Church leaders slam jail term for Indian activist

Bijay Kumar Minj

It's an uphill battle fighting poverty and hunger in India

Christopher Joseph

Remembering a Pakistani bishop who sacrificed himself for others

Christopher Joseph

Cristian Martini Grimaldi

Japan’s new scheme for foreign workers poses fresh challenges

Cristian Martini Grimaldi

Revived dam ignites hope among Syria’s farmers

George Plathottam

Debate on 'love, narcotic jihad' in India has gone too far

George Plathottam

Gianni Criveller

Cardinal Chow: Hope for Hong Kong, bridge to China

Gianni Criveller

Joe Palathunkal

Social amnesia buries India's Catholic freedom fighters

Joe Palathunkal

Atheist Korean woman joins Church in search of divine love

Let’s start Father Stan Swamy’s beatification process

John Wijngaards

Authority Reform – it will happen!: synodal reflections

John Wijngaards

Myanmar Buddhist finds Christ after fleeing conflict

Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano

For Asians, it's no more 'Til death do us part'

Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano

Joseph Peter Calleja

Broken marriage goads evangelical Christian to rediscover faith

Joseph Peter Calleja

Meeting Christian friends while moving from place to place

Food's important for human health and cultural identity

Christian art with a mission

Kamran Chaudhry

Pakistan court sentences Christian youth to death

Kamran Chaudhry

Katharina Reny Lestari

Indonesia's retired Christian cop gets death penalty

Katharina Reny Lestari

Kochurani Abraham

When foot-washing became an act of liberation

Kochurani Abraham

Muslim, Catholic lay groups sign Indonesian pact

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

The Christian vision of human being

Kuruvilla Pandikattu

US double-downs on Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia over human trafficking

‘Jesus is the ultimate mentor’

Mary Aileen D. Bacalso

The real test of Indonesia’s commitment to ending impunity

Mary Aileen D. Bacalso

Michael Gonsalves

Indian court grants relief for Protestant pastor, wife

Michael Gonsalves

What is holy about innocent suffering?

Michael Sainsbury

Pope finally meets a critic of the China-Vatican deal

Michael Sainsbury

Holy Week and the worldly path of the Sino-Vatican agreement

Myron J. Pereira

The human touch

Myron J. Pereira

India’s new path to social equality disregards justice

Pakistani Bishop John Joseph’s sacrifice should not be forgotten

An Indian bishop's crusade against love jihad

Nepal's apathy boosts trafficking networks' tenacity

Quintus Colombage

‘Miraculous’ St. Anthony enthralls generations of Sri Lankans

Quintus Colombage

Reid Shelton Fernando

Sri Lankan Church adopts new stance after Easter carnage

Reid Shelton Fernando

Renardo Schlegelmilch

Europeans must see Church's universality more: Tokyo archbishop

Renardo Schlegelmilch

Robert Carl Mickens

Letter from Rome: Canonizing popes and demythologizing the papacy

Robert Carl Mickens

Rock Ronald Rozario

Bishop ordinations in China and the resurrection of the Sino-Vatican agreement

Rock Ronald Rozario

Ronald O. Reyes

Call for release of elderly Filipino political prisoners

Ronald O. Reyes

Rubatheesan Sandran

Sri Lankan Church seeks fair probe, justice over Easter attacks

Rubatheesan Sandran

The Easter attacks and the struggles for justice in Sri Lanka

Indonesian Church gets ready to welcome Pope Francis

India's Eastern Church settles dispute, awaits Vatican nod

Shedding light on the Philippines' darkest hour

Indonesia’s no nation for children

Stephan Uttom Rozario

Forest ban pushes Bangladeshi coastal families to the edge

Stephan Uttom Rozario

From plastic bottles to monks' robes

Counting down to the 50th anniversary of Vatican Council II

Vanitha Nadaraj

The rise of a new breed of Islamic preacher in Malaysia

Vanitha Nadaraj

Vimal Tirimanna

Ecclesial assembly showed great promise for Asian churches

Vimal Tirimanna

Virginia Saldanha

Women feel like they do not count

Virginia Saldanha

William J Grimm

We don’t have all the answers: We don’t even have all the questions

William J Grimm

Zahid Hussain Khan

Coalition writes to Pakistan PM on forced conversions

Zahid Hussain Khan

Gallery

Nepal's honey harvesters brave deadly terrain for survival

Nepal's honey harvesters brave deadly terrain for survival

The climbers scale near-vertical cliffs to collect honey

Massive landslide buries remote Papua New Guinea villages

Massive landslide buries remote Papua New Guinea villages

An internal government report has warned that recovery efforts could provoke another landslide

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