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Killings related to land disputes in Brazil doubled in 2025, church organization reports

Church in Asia

Police walk behind a cordon-offed area inside the Philippine Senate premises in Parsay City on May `14, 2026. (Credit: Gerard Carreon/AP.)

Filipino bishops condemn violence after Senate shooting incident

May 16
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Democratic advocate Jimmy Lai leaves Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 1, 2021. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor’s case, but freeing Catholic activist Jimmy Lai is ‘tough’

May 16
Kanis Leung,
Didi Tang

Dzukou valley near the Manipur-Nagaland border in India. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholic archbishop calls for calm after three Baptist ministers killed in northeastern India

May 13
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo with the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference in Sydney, Australia, on May 8, 2026. (Credit: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.)

Myanmar experiencing ‘polycrisis’ five years after military coup

May 11
Nirmala Carvalho

The country’s most prominent political clan is the family of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, with the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the country’s 17th president in 2022. (Credit: Presidential Communications Office.)

In new signature drive, Filipino Church breaks bonds of political dynasties

May 11
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Card. Kikuchi on what’s coming in the Leonine pontificate

May 9
Nirmala Carvalho

Card. Poola: Leonine era continues under sign of peace

May 9
Crux Now Staff

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in India. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Four Catholics arrested after Hindu activists disrupt Mass in India

May 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Flag of India. (Credit: Unsplash.)

Interview: Indian bishops say hostility toward Christians is rising

May 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Father Gerardo Fortich Saco Jr. was supposed to be the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran in the central Philippines. (Credit: Diocese of Tagbilaran.)

Filipino priest backs out of ordination as bishop, cites ‘human limitations’

May 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

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Killings related to land disputes in Brazil doubled in 2025, church organization reports

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