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Thailand ready to ease grip on asylum seekers Immigration chief pledges better treatment of detainees after high-profile case involving Saudi teenager
Hard work, Child Jesus devotion bring Filipinos blessings For one tailor in Manila, praying to the Santo Nino and a great deal of perseverance have paid off
Bangladesh PM to hold talks 'to end political discord' Hasina reportedly plans to meet with other political parties as some refuse to accept results of 'farcical' election
The worst-hit victims of a globalized economy While the rich get richer, a growing number of Filipino street children are being subjected to abject poverty and abuse
No HIV test, no marriage license, Jakarta tells couples New rule in Indonesian capital part of efforts to curb rising number of HIV cases

Church leaders in Mindanao ramp up autonomy support

Catholic prelates issues statement calling on people to back Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Philippines as key vote looms

South Korean pilgrims head to World Youth Day

Days in the Dioceses event in Costa Rica also on Seoul group's agenda

Thailand ready to ease grip on asylum seekers

Immigration chief pledges better treatment of detainees after high-profile case involving Saudi teenager

Bangladesh PM to hold talks 'to end political discord'

Hasina reportedly plans to meet with other political parties as some refuse to accept results of 'farcical' election

No HIV test, no marriage license, Jakarta tells couples

New rule in Indonesian capital part of efforts to curb rising number of HIV cases

Kachin leader rebuts Chinese claim of support for Myitsone Dam

Chinese embassy had said Kachin community were not against controversial dam and hydroelectric power project

Jakarta air quality will worsen, activists warn Campaigners demand gov't implement controls legislated years ago that have been neglected to facilitate infrastructure works

South Korean pilgrims head to World Youth Day Days in the Dioceses event in Costa Rica also on Seoul group's agenda

Church leaders in Mindanao ramp up autonomy support Catholic prelates issues statement calling on people to back Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Philippines as key vote looms

Church leaders in Mindanao ramp up autonomy support

Catholic prelates issues statement calling on people to back Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Philippines as key vote looms

South Korean pilgrims head to World Youth Day

Days in the Dioceses event in Costa Rica also on Seoul group's agenda

Thailand ready to ease grip on asylum seekers

Immigration chief pledges better treatment of detainees after high-profile case involving Saudi teenager

Bangladesh PM to hold talks 'to end political discord'

Hasina reportedly plans to meet with other political parties as some refuse to accept results of 'farcical' election

No HIV test, no marriage license, Jakarta tells couples

New rule in Indonesian capital part of efforts to curb rising number of HIV cases

Kachin leader rebuts Chinese claim of support for Myitsone Dam

Chinese embassy had said Kachin community were not against controversial dam and hydroelectric power project

All strain and no gain for Bangladeshi tea workers

Despite industry uptick wages remain among worst in world ,while land rights are denied estate laborers

Preventing sex abuse a 'global issue' for the church

Reports from flashpoint countries have 'diminished' due to new safeguards but new cases are coming to light elsewhere

Drug users in Philippine parish get new lease of life

Church rehab program offers hope, vocational training to 'lost' minority living in fear of President Duterte's war on drugs

Student 'suicide season' leaves India scratching for answers

Society on edge as nearly 10,000 killed themselves in 2016, or one every hour, with the number rising each year

Catholic clinic aids Sunda Strait tsunami victims

Indonesia halts emergency relief on Jan. 9 but victims beg mobile clinic not to leave as over 34,000 still displaced

For displaced Kachins, a bloodless Christmas was a bonus

Thousands of IDPs stuck in Myanmar camps with no end in sight to military's war with KIA despite talks with ethnic militias

Hmong refugees in Vietnam turn to Catholicism

Church's beneficence in wake of floods catalyzes villagers in Lai Chau to embrace 'the religion of love'

Asia Wakes Up To Costs of Doing Business With China

Beijing tightens its grip on Islamabad Did China convince Pakistan to pay $90 billion for China’s benefit?

Beijing's foreign policy increasingly tone deaf Gone are the days of naive engagement meant to democratize China in the long-run

Philippine tribal groups protest visit of Chinese president Indigenous communities fear loan deal with China will pave way for dam project that they say will destroy their land

China economics spurs Myanmar religious repression Bold Chinese plan for economic 'corridor' changes game for the civil war in Myanmar's Kachin and northern Shan states

Pathways for the Pakistan Church in 2019

Pakistani Church needs laypeople who 'dare to dream' just as Pope Francis has urged

China ramps up brainwashing campaign in Tibet

Video clip showed backwardness of Communist Party's bid to instill patriotic fervor via re-education camps and fear

Letter from Rome

Even with his pontificate on the ropes, the pope continues to challenge the church and the world

'And I will continue to attack them'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has a clear modus operandi in attacking the Catholic Church

The challenge to protect children in 2019

Society must unite and ensure those who commit child abuse are brought to justice

January 15, 2019

Ecological conversion: Greening the Christian heart

Respect for the environment should take center stage in 2019 to change ideas about the proper use of the Earth's resources

January 11, 2019

Cambodia's 20 years of peace

Marking of the formal ending of civil war was previously overshadowed by other anniversaries in a bloody timeline

January 10, 2019

VOICELESS OF ASIA

No entry into Myanmar for UN human rights expert

But Yanghee Lee is visiting Thailand and Bangladesh to monitor rights situation in Myanmar

Filipino bishop wants probe into 'passport data loss'

Outcry erupts after govt announces possible personal data breach affecting all country's passport holders

Vietnam eviction victims reject compensation plan

War vets, churchmen and residents turfed out of Ho Chi Minh City homes say amount offered falls way short of market prices

Myanmar bishop calls for talks over Rakhine crisis

Renewed fighting between military and Arakan Army is also deterring Rohingya refugees from returning

Kachin leader rebuts Chinese claim of support for Myitsone Dam

Chinese embassy had said Kachin community were not against controversial dam and hydroelectric power project

Deal made over wages for garment workers in Bangladesh

But new minimum wage doesn't cover living costs for working families, priest says

Sri Lankan tea workers demand wage increase

Nuns join Colombo protest as negotiations over pay increase remain deadlocked

After another tirade, Duterte 'open to dialogue' with church leaders

Possible softening of approach comes after president calls for people to kill and rob wealthy bishops

Vendetta claim after sedition charges for Indian students

BJP accused of appeasing Hindus before election with legal action over 2016 protest

Philippines sends back tons of trash to South Korea

Govt says country will not become dumping ground for illegal garbage traffickers

Uproar as Bangladesh cleric says girls should stay home

Activists and church official believe remarks opposing girls' education breach the constitution

Filipinos hold pre-poll prayer rally, unity walk

Thousands turn out in interfaith event to call for free, fair and peaceful elections this month and later this year

Mindanao Cardinal appeals to doubting Christians

Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato tells opponents of new Muslim autonomous region there's nothing to be scared of

Indonesian graftbusters hit with bomb threat

Security alert raised after explosive materials found outside homes of anti-corruption chiefs

CHURCH & SOCIETY

Chinese bishop accused of embezzling $4 million

Catholics call for inquiry into Bishop Tan's finances after Nanning Diocese runs out of money

Pope advances sainthood causes for 17 women

Pontiff recognizes religious sisters killed during Spanish Civil War

Devotees call for revival of Philippine festival tradition

Conservatives in Panay say many young people do not know what the Ati-Atihan celebration is about anymore

MULTIMEDIA BY TOPIC

Speaking up about the trauma of child marriage

Reporter Tania Rashad speaks about the problem and terrible impact of child marriage in Bangladesh

Hong Kong farewells Bishop Yeung

Government high-ranking officials and thousands of Catholics attended vigil and funeral masses

Catholic clinic comes to tsunami victims rescue

Volunteers provide much-needed support to survivors of Indonesia's Sunda Strait tragedy

Black Nazarene procession winds through Manila

Millions gather every year looking to touch the darkened image of Jesus as it makes its way to a minor basilica in the city's Quiapo district

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