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Philippine bishop decries threats to clergy Protestant prelate accuses police, military of making threats to silence church and stop it standing up for human rights
Bishops cry foul as Indian police probe church agencies Jharkhand government accused of 'maligning and defaming' Christian groups ahead of state and federal elections
Filipino migrant workers continue to suffer in silence Despite Duterte's promises to find jobs at home, more and more people are looking to eke out a living overseas
Timor-Leste politics deadlocked over graft allegations A dispute over cabinet nominees is getting ugly as the opposition appeals to the nation's corruption watchdog
Bangladesh minister meets interfaith group over Rohingya Religious leaders have a role in securing safety guarantees for refugees returning to Myanmar

Philippine bishop decries threats to clergy

Protestant prelate accuses police, military of making threats to silence church and stop it standing up for human rights

Lahore parishes asked to support dam funding

Archbishop Sebastian Shah wants two parish collections to help tackle water and electricity crises

Bishops cry foul as Indian police probe church agencies

Jharkhand government accused of 'maligning and defaming' Christian groups ahead of state and federal elections

Rohingya get gas, stoves and saplings to save environment

Cooking fuel for thousands of families in Bangladeshi camps; saplings to help stem deforestation fears

Catholics draw first blood in bid to save Komodo dragon

Indonesian govt to review licenses allowing firms to build tourist resorts in endangered creatures' habitats

Rohingya get gas, stoves and saplings to save environment Cooking fuel for thousands of families in Bangladeshi camps; saplings to help stem deforestation fears

Catholics draw first blood in bid to save Komodo dragon Indonesian govt to review licenses allowing firms to build tourist resorts in endangered creatures' habitats

Pakistan cardinal leads 'Green Pakistan' campaign Church and secular organizations back tree planting to protect the environment

Philippine bishop decries threats to clergy

Protestant prelate accuses police, military of making threats to silence church and stop it standing up for human rights

Lahore parishes asked to support dam funding

Archbishop Sebastian Shah wants two parish collections to help tackle water and electricity crises

Bishops cry foul as Indian police probe church agencies

Jharkhand government accused of 'maligning and defaming' Christian groups ahead of state and federal elections

Rohingya get gas, stoves and saplings to save environment

Cooking fuel for thousands of families in Bangladeshi camps; saplings to help stem deforestation fears

Catholics draw first blood in bid to save Komodo dragon

Indonesian govt to review licenses allowing firms to build tourist resorts in endangered creatures' habitats

Caritas fights poverty in Bangladesh with vocational skills

Catholic-run projects help school dropouts, landless, poor and marginalized people find jobs amid soaring unemployment

Brave Filipinos fight for justice when regular media flee

'They asked for food, they got bullets': Activist reporters expose horrors in areas where mainstream journos fear to tread

Noose looms large for Sri Lankan drug dealers

Activists and religious leaders oppose the government's decision to hang persistent offenders

Even torture could not silence Chinese Catholics

Humiliation and jail were common for the faithful during the Cultural Revolution

Myanmar's Caritas delivers aid to flood victims

Church-run charity helping keep starvation at bay as farmers brace for next round of deluges after seeing crops drowned

Ethnic Khasia Christians fight to keep land in Bangladesh

Indigenous community's dispute with a tea estate threatens their security and livelihoods

Boracay natives lose homes on island paradise

Unregulated entry of businesses and a flood of tourists has choked the jewel of the Philippines

Thailand: The Bittersweet Haven for Pakistani Christians

After being tortured by police and threatened with a gun in his homeland, an asylum seeker finds solace in cricket

After being accused of desecrating the Quran, a teacher and her family find an uncomfortable haven in Thailand

After fleeing religious persecution in Pakistan, a young couple are finding it impossible to live normal lives in Thailand

Despite documentary evidence of persecution, growing numbers of Christians are having claims rejected

Widodo silences Muslim critics with new running mate

Letter from Rome

Pope seeks to bring the church and its members back to the Gospel basics of what it means to be a follower of Christ

Shifting the goalposts in India's quota system

Equal opportunity has been jettisoned in favor of proportionate strength for groups seeking benefits

Trying times for Philippine church, government

Country's bishops should not be afraid of standing up to Duterte and speaking out for what is right

The killing of human rights defenders

Those in the Philippines pulling the strings are darker figures than those pulling the trigger

06 August ,2018

China tightens screws on Muslims by sinicizing Islam

Muslims already squeezed in Uyghur homeland of Xinjiang but Party fears radicalization at hands of neighboring nations

03 August ,2018

VOICELESS OF ASIA

Myanmar cardinal backs pope's opposition to death penalty

Bo says this stance should include opposition to violent sports and 'incremental' death sentences through victimization

Chinese authorities halt youth summer camp

'Walk with the Lord' event banned by Tianjin officials implementing revised religious regulations

Indian tribals urged to resist exploitation

Indigenous people are told to protect their identity and culture amid increasing harassment

Six years in jail for hard-line Sri Lankan Buddhist monk

Leader of the Buddhist Power Force group has been blamed for an increase in attacks against Muslim and Christian minorities

Thirty years on, Myanmar remembers 1988 democracy uprising

Thousands honor those killed by the military for an ideal that remains unfulfilled

Lahore parishes asked to support dam funding

Archbishop Sebastian Shah wants two parish collections to help tackle water and electricity crises

Indonesian dioceses issue Lombok quake appeal

Catholics called upon to donate funds, aid supplies to tremor victims on tourist islands

Former Tamil Tigers still paying price of war

Rehabilitated ex-combatants struggle to make ends meet as jobs, state support, welfare remain elusive

CHURCH & SOCIETY

Letter from Rome

Pope seeks to bring the church and its members back to the Gospel basics of what it means to be a follower of Christ

Filipinos welcome US vow to return historic church bells

Bells of Balangiga were seized by US forces after massacre of town residents in Philippine-American War

Sex abuse crisis 'is call to new vision of priesthood'

Jesuit expert says children and adults are safer today from clerical predators than they have ever been

MULTIMEDIA BY TOPIC

Missing out on Thai child support

Padre Pio: The healer of the sick

Saint's relics are touring through parts of the Philippines

Indonesians run to raise money for churches

More than 3,500 people participated in the event

A serving of kindness for Hong Kong's 'McRefugees'

Free meal has been nicknamed the 'McMercy' dinner

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