Asia Archives

Amid protests and holidays, summer proves to be a busy season for Asia

Church in Asia
Aug 16, 2019

While many places around the world tend to slow down during the hot summer months, in Asia things seem to be heating up in a different sense, as several major stories continue to unfold.

Myanmar cardinal says West’s conflicts with Islam punish Christians in Asia, Africa

Church in Asia
May 31, 2019

Innocent Christians are sacrificed because of five decades of geo-strategic conflicts between the Islamic countries and the West, according to the president of Asia’s main Catholic bishops’ organization.

Annual Marian pilgrimage keeps in mind tragedy in Sri Lanka

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
May 7, 2019

The Vatican envoy to the U.S. recalled the persecution of Asian Catholics, making special mention of victims of the recent bombings Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka, during the annual pilgrimage of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics to the country’s largest Marian shrine on May 4.

Indian cardinal insists clerical abuse not just a ‘Western’ problem

February abuse summit
Feb 22, 2019

Starting day two of Pope Francis’s high-stakes summit on the protection of minors with a bold and challenging tone, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai said the sexual abuse of minors is not just a Western problem, but is something the entire global Church must own and commit to fighting.

Allegations of abuse in two Asian nations make some worry more to follow

Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
Feb 14, 2019

Recent credible sexual abuse allegations in India and East Timor have underscored the fears of many in the Church that clerical sex abuse is rife in South, Southeast and North Asia, which have a collective population of at least 120 million Catholics.

Expert sees Asia Bibi acquittal fueling push for ‘rule of law’ in Pakistan

Church in Asia
Jan 30, 2019

Following Tuesday’s “definitive” acquittal of Asia Bibi, an illiterate Catholic mother of four who spent almost a decade on death row on blasphemy charges, one Asia expert says the next frontier for minorities in Pakistan is the press for full equality as citizens under the law.