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Timor-Leste trial of the century plays out on social media
Timor-Leste trial of the century plays out on social media

Timor-Leste trial of the century plays out on social media

The challenges of Christian nurses in Pakistan

 Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore

The ordeals of Myanmar's child soldiers

 UCA News reporter

Indonesian bishop in hot water over geothermal plant row

 Ryan Dagur, Jakarta

Latest from Asia

Sri Lankan Church insists Easter attack inquiry far from over

Sri Lankan Church insists Easter attack inquiry far from over
UCA News reporter, Colombo
Filipino priest accuses Duterte of using trolls to smash critics

Filipino priest accuses Duterte of using trolls to smash critics
Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila
Pro-democracy newspaper to close in Hong Kong

Pro-democracy newspaper to close in Hong Kong
AFP, Hong Kong
Taiwanese bishop resigns six months after ordination

Taiwanese bishop resigns six months after ordination
UCA News reporter, Taipei

Top Stories

No jury as Hong Kong's first 'national security' trial begins

No jury as Hong Kong's first 'national security' trial begins
Myanmar junta ramps up suppression despite pope's plea

Myanmar junta ramps up suppression despite pope's plea
Indian police arrest Muslims in religious conversion case

Indian police arrest Muslims in religious conversion case
Japanese Church keeps Covid guard up as Olympics near

Japanese Church keeps Covid guard up as Olympics near
Vietnam's new Benedictine abbot installed

Vietnam's new Benedictine abbot installed
Pakistani archbishop demands ministry of minority affairs

Pakistani archbishop demands ministry of minority affairs
St. Thomas More inspires Filipino lawyers on feast day

St. Thomas More inspires Filipino lawyers on feast day
Malaysian bishops to contribute to Covid-19 fund

Malaysian bishops to contribute to Covid-19 fund
Thai activist hit with more royal defamation charges

Thai activist hit with more royal defamation charges

Features

Bangladeshi tea workers trapped in eternal slavery

Bangladeshi tea workers trapped in eternal slavery
Stephan Uttom and Rock Rozario, Dhaka

Student's death ignites debate about hazing at Thai colleges
UCA News reporter, Bangkok

Myanmar military wages war against Christian ethnic minorities
UCA News reporter
Commentary
Catholic teacher's death highlights scandals in Indonesian education

Catholic teacher's death highlights scandals in Indonesian education
Siktus Harson, Jakarta

Innocence lost: Japan's lax attitude to pedophilia
Cristian Martini Grimaldi, Tokyo

Plants bloom on rocks amid pandemic in Vietnam
Mary Pham Hoai

World

Taliban leaders eye victory in Afghanistan after US exit

Taliban leaders eye victory in Afghanistan after US exit

With supply lines stretched, Afghan forces have been clobbered by Taliban fighters in recent weeks
Vatican official urges end to Mexico's divisions, violence

Vatican official urges end to Mexico's divisions, violence

Cardinal Parolin shared those sentiments with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during a breakfast meeting

Archdiocese of Berlin suspends work of sex abuse commission

Archdiocese of Berlin suspends work of sex abuse commission

The commission is recommending that findings from legal firm Redeker Sellner Dahs be reworked or another legal firm be hired

Amazon founder's father gives $12m to US Catholic school

Amazon founder's father gives $12m to US Catholic school

Miguel Bezos attended the Delaware school after arriving from Cuba as an unaccompanied child

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The challenges of Christian nurses in Pakistan

The challenges of Christian nurses in Pakistan

Jun 21, 2021
Indian police arrest Muslims in religious conversion case

Indian police arrest Muslims in religious conversion case

Jun 22, 2021
Indonesian bishop in hot water over geothermal plant row

Indonesian bishop in hot water over geothermal plant row

Jun 21, 2021
Myanmar military wages war against Christian ethnic minorities

Myanmar military wages war against Christian ethnic minorities

Jun 21, 2021

South Asia

Sri Lankan Church insists Easter attack inquiry far from over

Sri Lankan Church insists Easter attack inquiry far from over

Jun 23, 2021

Indian police arrest Muslims in religious conversion case

Jun 22, 2021

Christians seek removal of Pakistani PM's 'offensive' interview

Jun 22, 2021

Pakistani archbishop demands ministry of minority affairs

Jun 22, 2021

Southeast Asia

Filipino priest accuses Duterte of using trolls to smash critics

Filipino priest accuses Duterte of using trolls to smash critics

Jun 23, 2021

Myanmar junta ramps up suppression despite pope's plea

Jun 23, 2021

Indonesian Islamic school faces desecration backlash

Jun 22, 2021

Vietnam's new Benedictine abbot installed

Jun 22, 2021

East Asia

Irish missionary champions rights of poor, powerless in South Korea

Irish missionary champions rights of poor, powerless in South Korea

Jun 22, 2021

Hong Kong pro-democracy paper unable to pay staff

Jun 21, 2021

Widespread digital sex crimes cause alarm in South Korea

Jun 16, 2021

China shuts down Korea-based Protestant church

Jun 15, 2021

From the Vatican

Cardinal maintains limits on private Masses in St. Peter's

Cardinal maintains limits on private Masses in St. Peter's

Jun 23, 2021

Oblate priest becomes secretary of child protection commission

Jun 23, 2021

Vatican, Italian media cover US bishops' debate on Eucharist

Jun 22, 2021

Pope welcomes prisoners to Vatican before they tour museums

Jun 22, 2021

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Police out in force as Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary
Police out in force as Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary
Cambodian soldiers open fire on land protesters
Cambodian soldiers open fire on land protesters
Bangladeshi river sees dramatic rise in salinity
Bangladeshi river sees dramatic rise in salinity
ICC seeks probe into Philippine drug war killings
ICC seeks probe into Philippine drug war killings
Rural India can't keep track of Covid deaths
Rural India can't keep track of Covid deaths
Tributes to Christian nurses at Pakistan seminar
Tributes to Christian nurses at Pakistan seminar

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Taiwanese bishop resigns six months after ordination

Taiwanese bishop resigns six months after ordination

Caritas Korea helps Ghana tackle youth unemployment

Caritas Korea helps Ghana tackle youth unemployment

Church donates equipment as Covid-19 surges in Malaysia

Church donates equipment as Covid-19 surges in Malaysia

New Vietnam priests urged to follow Christ's example

New Vietnam priests urged to follow Christ's example
Slavery In Asia
Slavery In Asia
Slavery In Asia

Our Voices
Angeline Tan
Masses called off in Malaysia as Covid-19 spreads
 Angeline Tan
Antonio Spadaro, SJ
Bishop Grech takes charge of Synod of Bishops
 Antonio Spadaro, SJ
Babu Joseph Karakombil
When secularism in India is on a roller coaster
 Babu Joseph Karakombil
Ben Joseph
Pope invites Lebanese Christian leaders to Vatican
 Ben Joseph
Benedict Rogers
Church faces its moment of truth over Hong Kong's repression
 Benedict Rogers
Bijay Kumar Minj
Indian police arrest Muslims in religious conversion case
 Bijay Kumar Minj
Christopher Joseph
Women's network upset with Vatican's revised laws on clerical sex crimes
 Christopher Joseph
Cristian Martini Grimaldi
Innocence lost: Japan's lax attitude to pedophilia
 Cristian Martini Grimaldi
Gianni Criveller
An interfaith prayer for Myanmar in Italy
 Gianni Criveller
Joe Palathunkal
Social amnesia buries India's Catholic freedom fighters
 Joe Palathunkal
John Choi
Korean Catholics plan art academy to showcase church history
 John Choi
John Dayal
Christian persecution peaks amid impunity in pandemic-era India
 John Dayal
John Zaw
Coup fears in Myanmar after military questions poll result
 John Zaw
Joseph Peter Calleja
Filipino priest accuses Duterte of using trolls to smash critics
 Joseph Peter Calleja
Justin Wejak
A call for religious reform
 Justin Wejak
Jyoti Sahi
Christian art with a mission
 Jyoti Sahi
Kamran Chaudhry
Pakistani archbishop demands ministry of minority affairs
 Kamran Chaudhry
Katharina Reny Lestari
Indonesian Protestants reject peace offering 
 Katharina Reny Lestari
Konradus Epa
Indonesian Islamic school faces desecration backlash
Konradus Epa
Luke Hunt
Cambodia offers US three options to resolve war era debt
 Luke Hunt
Michael Kelly
Myanmar steps back into darkness
 Michael Kelly
Michael Sainsbury
Myanmar's internal conflicts may heat up unless military gets smart
 Michael Sainsbury
Michel Chambon
Time to pray for Protestants in China
 Michel Chambon
Myron J. Pereira
Poverty must be tackled to end shame of India's child labor
 Myron J. Pereira
Paul Thelakat
When plagues cry for an earthquake in Christian history
 Paul Thelakat
Quintus Colombage
Terrorists at large in Sri Lanka, says Buddhist monk
 Quintus Colombage
Reid Shelton Fernando
Sri Lankan Church adopts new stance after Easter carnage
Reid Shelton Fernando
Robert Carl Mickens
Letter from Rome: Church implosion right on schedule
 Robert Carl Mickens
Rock Ronald Rozario
Irish missionary champions rights of poor, powerless in South Korea
 Rock Ronald Rozario
Ryan Dagur
Timor-Leste trial of the century plays out on social media
 Ryan Dagur
Saji Thomas
Federal body seeks explanation for Indian nun's expulsion 
 Saji Thomas
Shay Cullen
The Philippines' throwaway street children
 Shay Cullen
Siktus Harson
Catholic teacher's death highlights scandals in Indonesian education
 Siktus Harson
Stephan Uttom Rozario
Covid-19 spurs unemployment and poverty in Bangladesh
 Stephan Uttom Rozario
Tibor Krausz
From plastic bottles to monks' robes
 Tibor Krausz
Virginia Saldanha
Will Church change for LGBTI+ people this century?
 Virginia Saldanha
William J Grimm
People ask what is wrong with Japan
 William J Grimm
Zahid Hussain Khan
Call for security for Pakistani blasphemy lawyer after threats
 Zahid Hussain Khan

Series

Sexual Abuse in Asia
Sexual Abuse in Asia
Jun 23, 2021

Supporters of ex-priest Richard Daschbach use repeated delays in his sex abuse trial to attack accusers, supporters

The struggle for Hong Kong's freedom
The struggle for Hong Kong's freedom
Jun 23, 2021
Duterte's 'Regime of Discord'
Duterte's 'Regime of Discord'
Jun 23, 2021
Terrorism in Asia
Terrorism in Asia
Jun 3, 2021

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Chinese cities deck out in slogans for anniversary

China is ramping up a propaganda blitz ahead of the 100th birthday of the ruling Chinese Communist Party on July 1
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Bangladeshi Catholics mark centenary of migration

About 1,500 Catholics in Rajshahi Diocese celebrate 100 years of faith after moving from Bhawal

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