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'Caged' Kashmiris ask: 'Where is the world?' After India took away the northern state's autonomy, people are living under virtual house arrest
River of no return: Mekong faces grim future Prime ministers, presidents and heads of international banks have caused a potential catastrophe
Malaysia gags controversial Muslim preacher Police chief says comprehensive order needed to keep the peace in multiethnic nation
Security still tight at Philippine church despite low threat level Soldiers remain on guard at Marian shrine a week after alert staus returns to normal to reassure public, military says
Vietnam church to acknowledge victims of discrimination Bishops ask dioceses to celebrate special Masses and visit oppressed in their communities

Catholic pilgrims walking to Marian shrine attacked in India

Hard-line Hindu group blamed for beating up pilgrims and destroying Marian statue in Tamil Nadu state

New bishop installed in Philippine diocese

Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos calls appointment a 'new opportunity to show love for God'

Jakarta loses battle to avoid huge payout to conflict victims

Indonesia's Supreme Court tells govt to pay US$273 million in compensation to people affected by 1999-2002 Maluku violence

Security still tight at Philippine church despite low threat level

Soldiers remain on guard at Marian shrine a week after alert staus returns to normal to reassure public, military says

Priest dies at ordination of youngest Filipino bishop

Father Albert Trazo suffers heart attack as Jose Rapadas of Iligan Diocese joins Philippines' College of Bishops

Malaysia gags controversial Muslim preacher

Police chief says comprehensive order needed to keep the peace in multiethnic nation

Priest dies at ordination of youngest Filipino bishop Father Albert Trazo suffers heart attack as Jose Rapadas of Iligan Diocese joins Philippines' College of Bishops

Jakarta loses battle to avoid huge payout to conflict victims Indonesia's Supreme Court tells govt to pay US$273 million in compensation to people affected by 1999-2002 Maluku violence

Catholic pilgrims walking to Marian shrine attacked in India Hard-line Hindu group blamed for beating up pilgrims and destroying Marian statue in Tamil Nadu state

Catholic pilgrims walking to Marian shrine attacked in India

Hard-line Hindu group blamed for beating up pilgrims and destroying Marian statue in Tamil Nadu state

New bishop installed in Philippine diocese

Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos calls appointment a 'new opportunity to show love for God'

Jakarta loses battle to avoid huge payout to conflict victims

Indonesia's Supreme Court tells govt to pay US$273 million in compensation to people affected by 1999-2002 Maluku violence

Security still tight at Philippine church despite low threat level

Soldiers remain on guard at Marian shrine a week after alert staus returns to normal to reassure public, military says

Priest dies at ordination of youngest Filipino bishop

Father Albert Trazo suffers heart attack as Jose Rapadas of Iligan Diocese joins Philippines' College of Bishops

Malaysia gags controversial Muslim preacher

Police chief says comprehensive order needed to keep the peace in multiethnic nation

Lightning doesn't strike twice but in Kerala, flooding does

Residents forced to rebuild again as torrential rain wreaks havoc on anniversary of 2018 deluge

Cashless church market a lifeline for poor Vietnamese

No money is needed for needy customers attending parish's charity market in Ho Chi Minh City

Tourism comes at a price for Bangladeshi indigenous people

Tripura people complain that their land has been grabbed illegally for a luxury hotel in Chittagong Hill Tracts

Manila's 'war on tribal schools' shatters childhood dreams

Closure of 55 schools for teaching 'subversive ideologies' is victimizing children, activists say

Papuans seek Vatican probe into deaths of churchmen

People in restive Indonesian region believe dark forces are behind recent deaths of bishop, several priests

Thai politics enters the twilight zone

Opposition party Future Forward accused of links to a secret society that no longer exists

Salesian workshops that launch careers

Myanmar youngsters from troubled backgrounds are given life-changing opportunities to better themselves

Censorship on the Rise

Pakistanis angry over Twitter's Kashmir 'censorship' Catholic officials, activists concerned about freedom of expression after critics of India have accounts suspended

Vietnam cracks down on independent book publisher Security agencies accused of closing bank accounts, harassing shippers and confiscating publications

The marginalized group in Pakistani media Christian journalists are being ostracized in what the Church touted as the Year of Dialogue

Cambodia must drop 'espionage' case, says watchdog Two former Radio Free Asia journalists are due to go on trial from July 26

Ancient science will not convince modern minds and hearts

We are in a church still led by those who seem to have slept through their science classes in school

The prospects of humanitarianism

As the need for humanitarian action grows bigger, the ability to fulfil this need comes under greater pressure

Taking the democracy out of Indonesia's democratic party

Megawati Sukarnoputri's autocratic leadership style of years past have no place in the Indonesia of the future

Article in bad faith: The plight of Sri Lanka's minorities

More open-minded stance exhibited by Pope Francis is not supported by the island nation's faithful

What will the Jesuits do next?

Now it's being spelled out to them in four 'Universal Apostolic Preferences'

August 15, 2019

West Bank's lesson for Hong Kong protesters

Support could be lost in the blink of an eye if pro-democracy groups lose the moral high ground through serious violence

August 14, 2019

Oppressed Orang Asli face stark future

Malaysia's indigenous people are struggling to survive the cultural war waged against them

August 13, 2019

VOICELESS OF ASIA

Myanmar rebels accused of attacking Bangladesh military

Ambush has all the hallmarks of Arakan Army, says former army chief

Rohingya refugees skeptical over fresh repatriation plan

Muslims who fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh after military crackdown want assurances about their security

Philippine Church, activists hold national 'day of mourning'

Catholics march in protest against a wave of killings that has gripped the country in recent times

Pro-democracy protesters rally peacefully in Hong Kong

Salesian priest tells Catholics to show restraint to avoid a repeat of the Tiananmen Square massacre

Pakistanis angry over Twitter's Kashmir 'censorship'

Catholic officials, activists concerned about freedom of expression after critics of India have accounts suspended

Bishop calls for calm as Japan-South Korea dispute worsens

Politicians must not damage the people's friendship by acting rashly, says Bishop Katsuya

Former Filipino environment minister dies at 65

Celebrated anti-mining activist Regina Paz Lopez loses long battle against brain cancer

Judges up jail term for graft-tainted former Aceh governor

Indonesian High Court adds extra year to Irwandi Yusuf's 7-year sentence for accepting bribes

Indian Islamic preacher stirs racial storm in Malaysia

Ministers call for Zakir Naik to be expelled but struggle to find anyone who will take him

South Asian indigenous people assert rights, cultural identity

Problems faced by world's indigenous peoples include migration, displacement and state negligence, UN representative says

Philippines' rural missionaries mark 50 years of service

National assembly of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines calls for halt to govt attacks on church people

Chinese media repeat smears against Hong Kong Catholics

Diocesan school accused of siding with pro-democracy protesters

Warrant issued for former Myanmar MP over hostile speech

Pro-military rally told it would be 'cool' if the US conducted a deadly airstrike on govt buildings

Church answers call as floods, landslides kill 169 in India

Southern state of Kerala again worst hit after being battered by unprecedented floods last year

CHURCH & SOCIETY

Mindanao religious leaders adopt pope's Abu Dhabi document

'Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together' should be seen as a code of conduct, they say

New bishop installed in Philippine diocese

Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos calls appointment a 'new opportunity to show love for God'

India expels 86-year-old Spanish nun who helped the poor

Govt gives no reason for rejecting the visa renewal of Sister Enedina, who dedicated her life to the poor for five decades

MULTIMEDIA BY TOPIC

Nepal's doctor for the poor

My patients are my life and soul, says Nepalese eye doctor

Silver jubilee celebrations for Nepalese cathedral

Bishop tells Nepalese Catholics that jubilee year is a divine call for everyone to practice freedom, forgiveness, and solidarity

No end in sight: Hong Kong protests

Protests have rocked the city for 10 weeks and show no indication of fading

Vietnam's giant Christ the King statue

Construction of the monument halted in 1975 when the Vietnam War ended but was resumed in 1992

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