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Category: Church in Asia | Crux

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Cardinal-designate Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo speaks at an Oct. 8, 2024, press briefing at the Vatican for the Synod of Bishops. (Credit: Lola Gomez/CNS.)

Japanese cardinal explains why Pope Leo XIV was chosen in the conclave

May 12
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle speaks at a post-conclave press conference along with two other Filipino cardinal electors at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Cardinal Tagle says ‘no turning back’ from Francis’s pro-poor programs under Leo XIV

May 12
Joseph San Mateo

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as pontiff, on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Cardinal Gracias says Pope Leo XIV will ‘inspire and lead’

May 10
Nirmala Carvalho

India security officers inspect the site of a terrorist attack in Kashmir on April 23, 2025. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Archbishop in India says fighting with Pakistan ‘only brings death and destruction’

May 7
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan, right, receives his cardinal’s biretta from Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on Dec. 7, 2024. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Japanese cardinal denies knowledge of sexual abuse case

May 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in the Vatican press office on Sept. 27, 2017. (Credit: Andrew Medechini/AP.)

Filipino bishops defend Cardinal Tagle’s record in fighting sexual abuse

May 5
Joseph San Mateo

A Catholic priest performs a ritual as part of lenten practice to mark Holy Wednesday in Paete, Laguna province, Philippines, April 16, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

‘There are no candidates in a conclave,’ says Filipino Cardinal David

Apr 24
Joseph San Mateo

In a file photo, Pope Francis walks next to Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias as he leaves the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2014. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)

Cardinal Gracias says Pope Francis was ‘fearless’

Apr 22
Nirmala Carvalho

People pray during a Mass for the late Pope Francis at the Cubao Cathedral in Quezon city, Philippines Monday, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

Filipinos mourn Pope Francis, ‘grandpa’ to Asia’s biggest Catholic country

Apr 22
Joseph San Mateo

Father Flavie Villanueva blesses palm fronds held by Manila's homeless and relatives of Duterte drug war victims, at the Catholic Trade Building on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

Manila’s homeless, kin of Duterte drug war victims celebrate Palm Sunday

Apr 16
Joseph San Mateo

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Japanese cardinal explains why Pope Leo XIV was chosen in the conclave

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