Social Justice

Indonesian indigenous people fight on despite arrests

Tano Batak urge government to close a pulp factory they claim is causing damage around North Sumatra's Lake Toba

Toxic air pollution chokes India, Pakistan

Smog caused by industrial and vehicular pollution is threatening the health of millions of people

Korean Church raises funds to renovate care homes for elderly

Church's concerns for vulnerable groups intensify as South Korea grapples with a low birth rate and rising aged population

Defrocked Timor-Leste priest's trial reaches final stage

Richard Daschbach is charged with sexually abusing minors at a shelter he founded in Kutet, Oecusse

Anti-Black Friday protests, strikes in US, Europe

Activists, organizations, retailers and workers are taking a stand against what they call the extreme excesses of Black Friday

One rotten apple should not taint the rest

Calls to abolish Indonesia's top clerical body because of a senior member's link to a terror group are an overreaction

Indonesia kicks off drive to end violence against women

16-day campaign aims to pressure lawmakers into passing legislation aimed at clamping down on gender-based abuse

For the first time, India has more women than men

The country is still not expected to experience a fall in its population for another 30 or 40 years

Thousands join global protest over violence against women

Thousands marched through Mexico City, Madrid and Barcelona, while others gathered in Paris and London

On a mission to end poverty and suffering in Indonesia

Irish priest has spent nearly five decades helping fishermen in Kampung Laut to overcome poverty, illiteracy and disease

Papal call against pornography must resonate in Asian churches

Church in the internet age should deal with child pornography like plagues in past centuries

Catholic lawyers leap to aid of Philippine jeepney drivers

Although a ban on the popular transport mode was lifted, those drivers serving shuttered universities are still suffering

Thailand’s new curbs further harm press freedom

Indonesian indigenous people fight on despite arrests

Filipino pastor claims new Covid variant is God's punishment

Korean Church raises funds to renovate care homes for elderly

Defrocked Timor-Leste priest's trial reaches final stage

Yet another Catholic church destroyed by Myanmar junta