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'Fake saint' accused of exploiting Christians in Bangladesh
'Fake saint' accused of exploiting Christians in Bangladesh

'Fake saint' accused of exploiting Christians in Bangladesh

Pandemic paves way for labor malpractice in Philippines

 Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila

As India reels from Covid-19, why no backlash against Modi?

 Nirendra Dev, New Delhi

Promoting a Pakistani Jesus among persecuted Christians

 Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore

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UN steps up pressure over abducted Thai activist

UN steps up pressure over abducted Thai activist
UCA News reporter, Bangkok
Pakistani police arrest suspects over Christian's murder

Pakistani police arrest suspects over Christian's murder
Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore
Relics of Augustinian saints come to Philippines

Relics of Augustinian saints come to Philippines
Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila
Sikh politician quits Indian government over farmer issues

Sikh politician quits Indian government over farmer issues
Nirendra Dev, New Delhi

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Church leaders in Bangladesh vow to care for creation

Church leaders in Bangladesh vow to care for creation
Indian bishop calls for campaign to end trafficking

Indian bishop calls for campaign to end trafficking
China slams US sanctions on state-owned firm in Cambodia

China slams US sanctions on state-owned firm in Cambodia
Indonesian activist's supporters pay off debt to govt

Indonesian activist's supporters pay off debt to govt

US missionary hailed as 'a gift to Bangladesh'

US missionary hailed as 'a gift to Bangladesh'
Seoul's martyrs museum becomes public facility

Seoul's martyrs museum becomes public facility
Coping with the 'new normal' in Bangladesh

Coping with the 'new normal' in Bangladesh
Covid-19 infects 30 Indonesian seminarians

Covid-19 infects 30 Indonesian seminarians

Human rights take a nosedive in Bangladesh

Human rights take a nosedive in Bangladesh

Features

In Buddhist Thailand, Christians help needy and share Gospel

In Buddhist Thailand, Christians help needy and share Gospel
UCA News reporter, Bangkok

Sri Lanka poised to ban cattle slaughter
UCA News reporter, Colombo

Thailand's closed borders spread misery among neighbors
UCA News reporter, Bangkok
Commentary
Silence is golden in the isolated Sri Lankan Church

Silence is golden in the isolated Sri Lankan Church
Father Reid Shelton Fernando, Colombo

Why does the Vatican experiment in China?
Elizabeth Lam, Hong Kong

What does Vietnamese young sisters' crying mean?
Huong Viet, Hanoi

World

Global biotech company ends use of aborted fetal cell lines for vaccines

Global biotech company ends use of aborted fetal cell lines for vaccines

A case in point is the decision by Sanofi Pasteur to no longer use an aborted fetal cell line in producing its polio vaccines

Hope is dying in Syria, cardinal says

Hope is dying in Syria, cardinal says

Losing hope means truly losing something fundamental and essential for life

Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims

Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims

Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynecologist has received death threats over his continued calls for justice
Vandalism at El Paso cathedral destroys statue of Jesus

Vandalism at El Paso cathedral destroys statue of Jesus

Bishop Seitz 'devastated at this irreplaceable loss' after a suspect is apprehended

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In Buddhist Thailand, Christians help needy and share Gospel

In Buddhist Thailand, Christians help needy and share Gospel

Sep 18, 2020
China slams US sanctions on state-owned firm in Cambodia

China slams US sanctions on state-owned firm in Cambodia

Sep 17, 2020
Thailand's closed borders spread misery among neighbors

Thailand's closed borders spread misery among neighbors

Sep 17, 2020
Persecution forces Laotian Christians to practice faith in secret

Persecution forces Laotian Christians to practice faith in secret

Sep 17, 2020

South Asia

Pakistani police arrest suspects over Christian's murder

Pakistani police arrest suspects over Christian's murder

Sep 18, 2020

Indian bishop calls for campaign to end trafficking

Sep 18, 2020

Church leaders in Bangladesh vow to care for creation

Sep 18, 2020

Sikh politician quits Indian government over farmer issues

Sep 18, 2020

Southeast Asia

Indonesian cleric's stabbing sparks review of past attacks

Indonesian cleric's stabbing sparks review of past attacks

Sep 18, 2020

Relics of Augustinian saints come to Philippines

Sep 18, 2020

Persecution forces Laotian Christians to practice faith in secret

Sep 17, 2020

China slams US sanctions on state-owned firm in Cambodia

Sep 17, 2020

East Asia

Seoul's martyrs museum becomes public facility

Seoul's martyrs museum becomes public facility

Sep 17, 2020

China stifles underground church as Vatican looks to extend pact

Sep 15, 2020

Vatican wants to extend China deal: Cardinal Parolin

Sep 15, 2020

US bans Chinese products using Uyghur 'forced labor'

Sep 15, 2020

From the Vatican

Christian communicators can bring hope to world in crisis, pope says

Christian communicators can bring hope to world in crisis, pope says

Sep 19, 2020

Network offers orders help in reforming institutional child care

Sep 17, 2020

Pope prays for slain Italian priest remembered as a 'martyr of charity'

Sep 17, 2020

Pope to take his post-pandemic pleas to global stage

Sep 16, 2020

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Police clash with Hong Kong protesters
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Life on Myanmar's Irrawaddy River under threat
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Caritas helps Pakistani flood victims
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A dead river in Myanmar’s mountains
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Why is India's citizenship law causing so much anger?
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Sunday Gospel reflection with Father William Grimm

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Seoul's martyrs museum becomes public facility

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Cambodian churches allowed to reopen after six months

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Alumni raise funds to mark Indonesian seminary's anniversary

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Vietnam diocese marks 350th anniversary of bishop's arrival

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Angeline Tan
Masses called off in Malaysia as Covid-19 spreads
 Angeline Tan
Antonio Spadaro, SJ
African influences on Chinese Catholicism
 Antonio Spadaro, SJ
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 Ben Joseph
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Hong Kong Church divided as Beijing turns the screw
 Benedict Rogers
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No data, so no compensation for Indian migrant deaths
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Fear of death in the season of Resurrection
 Christopher Joseph
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 Cristian Martini Grimaldi
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Social amnesia buries India's Catholic freedom fighters
 Joe Palathunkal
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No Masses, Ash Wednesday liturgy in Korean archdiocese
 John Choi
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 John Zaw
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Relics of Augustinian saints come to Philippines
 Joseph Peter Calleja
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Why does the Indonesian Church lack financial transparency?
 Justin Wejak
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Christian art with a mission
 Jyoti Sahi
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Pakistani police arrest suspects over Christian's murder
 Kamran Chaudhry
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 Katharina Reny Lestari
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Covid-19 infects 30 Indonesian seminarians
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China slams US sanctions on state-owned firm in Cambodia
 Luke Hunt
Michael Kelly
Are Asian theologians still feeling Rome's sting?
 Michael Kelly
Michael Sainsbury
Cultural desecration: China takes aim at Inner Mongolia's language
 Michael Sainsbury
Michel Chambon
Audrey G. Donnithorne, a great lady of China
 Michel Chambon
Myron J. Pereira
India's Jesuit film scholar dies at 85
 Myron J. Pereira
Paul Thelakat
When plagues cry for an earthquake in Christian history
 Paul Thelakat
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Religion, hate speech center stage in Sri Lankan election
 Quintus Colombage
Reid Shelton Fernando
Silence is golden in the isolated Sri Lankan Church
 Reid Shelton Fernando
Robert Carl Mickens
Letter from Rome: Brothers and Sisters all!
 Robert Carl Mickens
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US missionary hailed as 'a gift to Bangladesh'
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Indonesian activist's supporters pay off debt to govt
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Saji Thomas
Indian archdiocese accused of multi-million-dollar scam
 Saji Thomas
Shay Cullen
Greenland is melting and islands are disappearing
 Shay Cullen
Siktus Harson
Pandemic fear escalates as Indonesia kicks off election season
 Siktus Harson
Stephan Uttom Rozario
Church leaders in Bangladesh vow to care for creation
 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
The armed man: perpetrator, victim and instrument of God's justice
 William J Grimm
Zahid Hussain Khan
Transgender rally highlights rising attacks in Pakistan
 Zahid Hussain Khan

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Sep 15, 2020
Chinese Party-State Tightens Noose on Religion
Chinese Party-State Tightens Noose on Religion
Sep 15, 2020
The struggle for Hong Kong's freedom
The struggle for Hong Kong's freedom
Sep 7, 2020

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Pardon of US marine sparks protest in Philippines

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