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Catholics in Asia stand together with suffering Sri Lanka Pope Francis expresses his 'loving closeness' to bombing victims attacked while gathered in prayer
Cardinal condemns Sri Lanka bombings as death toll reaches 290 Government blames Islamist extremists for attacks on churches and hotels in worst violence since civil war
Nepal's English craze puts sword to mother tongues More state schools are teaching in English to stop exodus of students to private schools, putting Nepali under threat
Tragic response to Church's marginalizing folly The antithesis of atheism and the phenomenon of secularization are the worst consequences of our most damaging failures
Good Friday exemption in the Philippines Papal permission not to fast and to eat meat on Good Friday was granted in the 1880s to residents of a small island

Catholics in Asia stand together with suffering Sri Lanka

Pope Francis expresses his 'loving closeness' to bombing victims attacked while gathered in prayer

Pakistan farmers reel from flash floods

Caritas teams assess emergency needs amid loss of lives and widespread damage to wheat and other crops

Cardinal condemns Sri Lanka bombings as death toll reaches 290

Government blames Islamist extremists for attacks on churches and hotels in worst violence since civil war

Churches, hotels hit by bomb attacks in Sri Lanka

Hundreds injured and death toll rising following multiple explosions across Sri Lanka during Easter Sunday services

Cleric demands Bangladesh Ahmadis be declared ‘non-Muslim’

Call for intolerance by Sunni hardliner comes under barrage of criticism

First Chrism Mass strengthens Vietnamese Catholics’ faith

At least 3,000 flock to remote northern parish to attend first special Holy Week Mass held there

Cleric demands Bangladesh Ahmadis be declared ‘non-Muslim’ Call for intolerance by Sunni hardliner comes under barrage of criticism

Churches, hotels hit by bomb attacks in Sri Lanka Hundreds injured and death toll rising following multiple explosions across Sri Lanka during Easter Sunday services

Pakistan farmers reel from flash floods Caritas teams assess emergency needs amid loss of lives and widespread damage to wheat and other crops

Catholics in Asia stand together with suffering Sri Lanka

Pope Francis expresses his 'loving closeness' to bombing victims attacked while gathered in prayer

Pakistan farmers reel from flash floods

Caritas teams assess emergency needs amid loss of lives and widespread damage to wheat and other crops

Cardinal condemns Sri Lanka bombings as death toll reaches 290

Government blames Islamist extremists for attacks on churches and hotels in worst violence since civil war

Churches, hotels hit by bomb attacks in Sri Lanka

Hundreds injured and death toll rising following multiple explosions across Sri Lanka during Easter Sunday services

Cleric demands Bangladesh Ahmadis be declared ‘non-Muslim’

Call for intolerance by Sunni hardliner comes under barrage of criticism

First Chrism Mass strengthens Vietnamese Catholics’ faith

At least 3,000 flock to remote northern parish to attend first special Holy Week Mass held there

India's Dalit Christians may come in from the cold

Election campaign has seen parties pledge to end discrimination over welfare benefits

Myanmar nun enjoys doing God's work with lepers

Sisters of Charity nun has spent nearly half her life caring for people often shunned by their families

Chrism Mass spurs Filipino priest not to break promise

For Father Raymond Ambray, Holy Thursday ritual is a timely reminder of how important his commitment to Christ really is

Military veterans keep Pakistan churches safe during Easter

Catholic brigadier runs Veterans of Pakistan network with Muslim peers to safeguard scores of churches as bombers lurk

Easter passes in celebrations and silence in Bangladesh

Mahalis pray that religious customs survive as lack of a public holiday makes students choose education over tradition

Rohingya children's school dreams hit stony ground

New order banning refugees from state schools in Cox's Bazar deprives them of an education, ramps up criminal risks

Terrorism in Asia

Catholics in Asia stand together with suffering Sri Lanka Pope Francis expresses his 'loving closeness' to bombing victims attacked while gathered in prayer

Cardinal condemns Sri Lanka bombings as death toll reaches 290 Government blames Islamist extremists for attacks on churches and hotels in worst violence since civil war

Churches, hotels hit by bomb attacks in Sri Lanka Hundreds injured and death toll rising following multiple explosions across Sri Lanka during Easter Sunday services

Indonesian churches tighten Easter security Enough security will be available despite elections coinciding with Christian celebration

When we celebrate Easter

Jesus overcame the power of death and his spirit lives among us

Widodo can silence Indonesia's voices of hate

Re-elected president can afford to be brave to tackle religious intolerance in his second term

The evil web of human trafficking

In some countries, child abuse is tolerated under the guise of cultural practices like child marriage

A discourse on the antithesis of atheism in the modern age

Beijing tightens the noose on Hong Kong

Peaceful Umbrella Movement protesters face jail merely for asking China to honor its pledge for universal suffrage

Thoughts on approaching Holy Week

Sometimes it is easy to forget that God loves and forgives us because God is love, and that is what love does

It's not you, it's me: Brunei and Shariah

Boycotts and sanctions are unlikely to persuade the tiny country to scrap its draconian anti-gay and adultery laws

VOICELESS OF ASIA

Indonesian churches tighten Easter security

Enough security will be available despite elections coinciding with Christian celebration

Christians, Muslims protest over Indian cow vigilantes

Hindu mob beat Catholic man to death for suspected cow slaughter in Jharkhand state

Underground priest in China arrested as Holy Week begins

Father Zhang is the third underground cleric from the same diocese to be taken by authorities in less than a month

Court orders Indian state's govt to reopen church

Church in Uttar Pradesh was closed for seven months after officials recorded prayer service

Pope's Way of Cross will shine light on 'crucified' women

Even today we continue to crucify and cause suffering to so many, says nun who wrote meditations for Good Friday ceremony

Drought forces Mindanao farmers to sell animals

Church issues donation appeal to help thousands of farmers hit by dry weather brought by El Nino in southern Philippines

Listen to the children who suffered clerical sex abuse

Victims' ordeals are worsened because they have not been heard and the problem has been covered up

Academy plan threatens protected forest in Bangladesh

Activists say civil service training center in Cox's Bazar would be disastrous for the environment

Religion and nationalism mark Indian poll

A report prepared for the US Congress sees scope for future one-party dominance

Manila's poor hold own march to Calvary

'Calvary of the People' highlights suffering of Jesus and parallels to the suffering of the poor

Indian state wants federal probe into foreign funding of Christian charities

Archbishop of Ranchi accuses Jharkhand govt of attempting to malign church bodies

Police to protect nun witness in Indian bishop's rape case

Priest supporting alleged victim hails order as strengthening 'faith in our democracy'

Caritas aims to ease India's hunger pains

Nationwide Lent campaign focuses on malnutrition among children of socially poor groups

Police charge Indian bishop with raping nun

Nuns supporting alleged victim believe police move marks turning point in case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal

CHURCH & SOCIETY

Timorese youths challenged to seek knowledge and faith

Vatican representative calls on students at University Cross ceremony to strive to become Timor-Leste's future leaders

Police charged over cash seized from Indian priest

Jalandhar Diocese officials say it was not 'black money' and diocese has been vindicated

First Chrism Mass strengthens Vietnamese Catholics’ faith

At least 3,000 flock to remote northern parish to attend first special Holy Week Mass held there

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Easter message from the Philippines

Filipino prelates send Easter greeting to ucanews.com readers

Catholics fleeing Pakistan celebrate Easter in Bangkok

Out of the shadows, they ventured to join Mass in the city's churches

Asia celebrates Holy Week, Easter Sunday

Devotion and piety expressed by Catholics as they remember the death and resurrection of Christ

Asian Catholics celebrate Palm Sunday

With blessings of palm leaves and prayers at Mass, the faithful launch Holy Week

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