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CATHOLIC DIOCESES IN ASIA

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Filipino priest celebrates Masses on a pickup truck
Filipino priest celebrates Masses on a pickup truck

Filipino priest celebrates Masses on a pickup truck

Tributes paid to Indian smile-making medical missionary 

Anto Akkara, Thrissur

Can Duterte stop the evil of online child sexual abuse?

Father Shay Cullen, Manila

Vietnamese farmer commits suicide in court building

UCA News reporter, Ho Chi Minh City

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Grains left to rot as Indians starve

Grains left to rot as Indians starve
Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi
New bishop named for Japan's Niigata Diocese

New bishop named for Japan's Niigata Diocese
UCA News reporter
Suspected IS militant kills policeman in Indonesia

Suspected IS militant kills policeman in Indonesia
Konradus Epa, Jakarta
Masses resume in Hong Kong churches after three months

Masses resume in Hong Kong churches after three months
UCA News reporter

Top Stories

Jakarta legislature wants quick reopening of churches

Jakarta legislature wants quick reopening of churches

Pope issues new Vatican contract laws to prevent fraud

Pope issues new Vatican contract laws to prevent fraud
Bid to impeach Myanmar's Christian house speaker fails

Bid to impeach Myanmar's Christian house speaker fails
Tribal woman becomes vice-chancellor of Indian university

Tribal woman becomes vice-chancellor of Indian university
Justice sought for attacks on Bangladeshi minorities

Justice sought for attacks on Bangladeshi minorities
Google honors trailblazing Thai Catholic doctor

Google honors trailblazing Thai Catholic doctor
Sri Lanka receives more Covid-19 patients from Gulf states

Sri Lanka receives more Covid-19 patients from Gulf states
Christians join to pray for pandemic-hit India

Christians join to pray for pandemic-hit India
Plan to reopen Indonesian schools meets opposition

Plan to reopen Indonesian schools meets opposition

Features

Southeast Asia faces backlash for migrant clampdown

Southeast Asia faces backlash for migrant clampdown
James Lovelock, Bangkok

Fighting hunger and Covid-19 in Pakistan
Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore

Migrant exodus: Indian capitalism's 'hour of disgrace'  
Vanessa Dougnac, New Delhi
Commentary
Living on the edge: China's hidden poor

Living on the edge: China's hidden poor
Michael Sainsbury

Home, homeland and aliens
Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka

Coronavirus is a warning to care for our common home
Joe Palathunkal

World

Church reaches out to Mexico's marginalized communities

Church reaches out to Mexico's marginalized communities

Covid-19 has reaped misery in a country where the economy is cratering and the death toll is soaring

Singaporean academic wants West to correct its Asian perception

Singaporean academic wants West to correct its Asian perception

There should be a space to rationally analyze racial clichés to see if they still influence the West's view of Asia
US bishops 'sickened' by Floyd's death

US bishops 'sickened' by Floyd's death

Prelates say racism is a 'real and present danger' after another African-American dies at the hands of police

Four Asian publishers vie for freedom prize

Four Asian publishers vie for freedom prize

Publishers in Vietnam, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey are shortlisted for the Prix Voltaire after defying authoritarian regimes

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Filipino priest celebrates Masses on a pickup truck

Filipino priest celebrates Masses on a pickup truck

Jun 2, 2020
Filipino bishops warn against online sex predators

Filipino bishops warn against online sex predators

Jun 1, 2020
Letter from Rome: Of monks and men

Letter from Rome: Of monks and men

Jun 1, 2020
Home, homeland and aliens

Home, homeland and aliens

Jun 1, 2020

South Asia

Grains left to rot as Indians starve

Grains left to rot as Indians starve

Jun 2, 2020

Indian state mourns pioneering Christian chief minister

Jun 1, 2020

Bangladeshi Catholics wary as services resume

Jun 1, 2020

Sri Lanka receives more Covid-19 patients from Gulf states

Jun 1, 2020

Southeast Asia

Jakarta legislature wants quick reopening of churches

Jakarta legislature wants quick reopening of churches

Jun 2, 2020

Bid to impeach Myanmar's Christian house speaker fails

Jun 2, 2020

Suspected IS militant kills policeman in Indonesia

Jun 2, 2020

Filipino bishops warn against online sex predators

Jun 1, 2020

East Asia

Masses resume in Hong Kong churches after three months

Masses resume in Hong Kong churches after three months

Jun 2, 2020

New bishop named for Japan's Niigata Diocese

Jun 2, 2020

Chinese parliament approves Hong Kong security law

May 28, 2020

Rights groups welcome US bill to protect Uyghur Muslims

May 28, 2020

From the Vatican

Pope issues new Vatican contract laws to prevent fraud

Pope issues new Vatican contract laws to prevent fraud

Jun 2, 2020

Letter from Rome: Of monks and men

Jun 1, 2020

Pandemic calls Christians to change course, pope says

Jun 1, 2020

Pope clears way to sainthood for three

May 28, 2020

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Jakarta legislature wants quick reopening of churches

Jakarta legislature wants quick reopening of churches

Fighting hunger and Covid-19 in Pakistan

Fighting hunger and Covid-19 in Pakistan

Masses resume in Hong Kong churches after three months

Masses resume in Hong Kong churches after three months

Tributes paid to Indian smile-making medical missionary 

Tributes paid to Indian smile-making medical missionary 

Our Voices
Antonio Spadaro, SJ
The Church is never closed
 Antonio Spadaro, SJ
Benedict Rogers
A love affair with China that turned sour
 Benedict Rogers
Bijay Kumar Minj
Grains left to rot as Indians starve
 Bijay Kumar Minj
Christopher Joseph
Fear of death in the season of Resurrection
 Christopher Joseph
Father Paul Thelakat
When plagues cry for an earthquake in Christian history
 Father Paul Thelakat
Father Reid Shelton Fernando
Challenges to religion in the face of Covid-19
 Father Reid Shelton Fernando
Father Shay Cullen
Uncertain future for Philippines' freed child prisoners
 Father Shay Cullen
Joe Palathunkal
Coronavirus is a warning to care for our common home
 Joe Palathunkal
John Choi
No Masses, Ash Wednesday liturgy in Korean archdiocese
 John Choi
John Zaw
Bid to impeach Myanmar's Christian house speaker fails
 John Zaw
Joseph Peter Calleja
Filipino bishops warn against online sex predators
Joseph Peter Calleja
Kamran Chaudhry
Fighting hunger and Covid-19 in Pakistan
 Kamran Chaudhry
Katharina Reny Lestari
Jakarta legislature wants quick reopening of churches
Katharina Reny Lestari
Konradus Epa
Suspected IS militant kills policeman in Indonesia
 Konradus Epa
Luke Hunt
Brunei records second death from Covid-19
 Luke Hunt
Michael Kelly
Are Asian theologians still feeling Rome's sting?
 Michael Kelly
Michael Sainsbury
Living on the edge: China's hidden poor
 Michael Sainsbury
Myron J. Pereira
Faith in the time of Covid-19
 Myron J. Pereira
Quintus Colombage
Covid-19 and Sri Lanka's general election
 Quintus Colombage
Robert Carl Mickens
Letter from Rome: Of monks and men
 Robert Carl Mickens
Rock Ronald Rozario
Justice sought for attacks on Bangladeshi minorities
 Rock Ronald Rozario
Ryan Dagur
Indonesian bishop, priests sing for medical workers
 Ryan Dagur
Saji Thomas
Indian state mourns pioneering Christian chief minister
 Saji Thomas
Siktus Harson
Indonesia is treading a Covid-19 minefield
 Siktus Harson
Stephan Uttom Rozario
Bangladeshi Catholics wary as services resume
Stephan Uttom Rozario
Tibor Krausz
From plastic bottles to monks' robes
 Tibor Krausz
Virginia Saldanha
Is the Church changing with Covid-19?
 Virginia Saldanha
William J Grimm
Sunday Gospel reflection with Father William Grimm
William J Grimm
Zahid Hussain Khan
Pakistan preacher issues apology for 'hurtful' comments
 Zahid Hussain Khan

Series

Sexual Abuse in Asia
Sexual Abuse in Asia
May 29, 2020

Those responsible for the shocking increase in this heinous crime in the Philippines must face the law

The struggle for Hong Kong's freedom
The struggle for Hong Kong's freedom
May 28, 2020
Duterte's 'Regime of Discord'
Duterte's 'Regime of Discord'
May 8, 2020
Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide and Survival
Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide and Survival
Apr 29, 2020

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Vietnam's poor feel the heat

Vietnam's poor feel the heat

Despite soaring temperatures, manual workers and street vendors have to make a living
Cyclone Amphan ravages eastern India

Cyclone Amphan ravages eastern India

Millions lose their homes, crops and livestock to the powerful storm
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