Asia - Pacific News
China's 'disgraceful' human rights record gets worse every year
China’s “utterly disgraceful” human rights record is not just bad, it’s getting worse every year, a new Congressional report has... Read more
Amid communist rule, a Catholic university opens in Vietnam
After 40 years, the first Catholic Church-operated university opened in Vietnam since the advent of communism in the country. Read more
Why Japan won't release the names of its knife attack victims
In late July, the worst mass killing in Japan since World War II left 19 people dead and 26 people... Read more
This is Mongolia's first native priest: Father Joseph Enkh Baatar
On Sunday Mongolia witnessed the ordination of its first indigenous priest, Fr. Joseph Enkh Baatar, a 29-year-old man who represents... Read more
Priest suffers minor injuries after failed suicide bomb, axe attack at Mass
A priest suffered minor injuries after a man armed with a suicide bomb and an axe attacked at Sunday Mass... Read more
India gears up for Mother Teresa canonization celebrations
Mother Teresa will be canonized on Sept. 4, and a global film festival aims to screen 23 movies to mark... Read more
Archbishop Cheenath, defender of India’s persecuted Christians, dies at 81
Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, who lived through one of the worst Christian persecutions in modern India and spent the remainder of... Read more
Guam priest admits guilt amid ongoing abuse scandal
A priest in Guam has admitted to abusing around 20 children, a revelation that comes amid an ongoing investigation into... Read more
Japan's bishops oppose efforts to abandon pacifism in nation's constitution
In the shadow of the 71st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs and the end of World War... Read more
Japan knife attack shows disabled persons 'have to be protected'
Following Tuesday's mass killing at a care home in Japan for persons with mental disabilities, one of the country's bishops... Read more
For Thailand Catholics, God's mercy exceeds limits of illness
Hundreds of sick and physically challenged people marked the Catholic Church’s Year of Mercy in Thailand with a special procession... Read more
He escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat, and now he's a bishop
In the 1970s, a teenager boarded a boat to escape the cruelty of war in his homeland of Vietnam. He... Read more
Sri Lankan cardinal warns against sketchy 'Sunday Mass' ad
The Catholic faithful shouldn’t believe a misleading newspaper ad that says Sunday Masses are being held in a hotel room... Read more
Filipino bishops: Moral disagreement is no excuse for hatred, violence
Encounter and dialogue are the proper response to disagreements over morality, said the Catholic bishops of the Philippines, emphasizing in... Read more
How Pope Francis inspired a Thailand parish to plant 800 trees
Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for creation, and concerned by environmental threats around them, Catholic parishioners in Thailand... Read more
LA archdiocese prays novena as assisted suicide law looms
California’s assisted suicide bill will go into effect on June 9, and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is fighting back... Read more
Guam archdiocese receives administrator after bishop accused of abuse
After sex abuse and other allegations were leveled against Guam's archbishop, Pope Francis on Monday appointed a Vatican official to... Read more
This bishop in India is donating his kidney to save a Hindu life
A Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop from the southern Indian state of Kerala has a special way to celebrate the Year of... Read more
The Philippine president-elect's shocking insult to Catholic bishops
The president-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, recently described the country's bishops as corrupt and “sons of whores” for allegedly... Read more
Indian Foreign Minister: Fr. Tom is safe, soon to be released
Fr. Tom Uznunnalil, the Indian Salesian priest kidnapped by extremists in March is alive and close to being released, according... Read more
