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SPOTLIGHT


NEPAL BECOMES US-CHINA ARM-WRESTLING TABLE


NEPAL BECOMES US-CHINA ARM-WRESTLING TABLE


'KEEP YOUR CATHOLIC FAITH UNTIL THE END OF YOUR LIFE'

Asami Ohmoto



INDIAN DEMOCRACY LIVES ON BEYOND CACOPHONY OF HINDUTVA

John Dayal, New Delhi



IS A NUCLEAR-ARMED JAPAN A VERY BAD IDEA?

Cristian Martini Grimaldi, Tokyo



LATEST FROM ASIA

CHINA ACCUSED OF TORTURING JAILED TIBETAN MONK

UCA NEWS REPORTER



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INDONESIAN ANTI-TERROR SQUAD UNDER FIRE FOR KILLING DOCTOR

KATHARINA R. LESTARI, JAKARTA



GARO VILLAGERS PROTEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE IN BANGLADESH

STEPHAN UTTOM, DHAKA




TOP STORIES


FUNERAL FOR CHRISTIAN THAI ACTRESS DRAWS WIDESPREAD ATTENTION




MOTHER TERESA'S FORMER SECRETARY TO LEAD SAINT'S INDIAN ORDER




HONG KONG DEMANDS UK RIGHTS GROUP SCRUB WEBSITE




PHILIPPINES SIGNS UN ECOLOGY PACT TO BAN PLASTIC USE




SOUTH KOREA'S AIRPORT PLAN IRKS CHURCH, ENVIRONMENTALISTS




CATHOLICS EXTEND EMERGENCY AID TO VIETNAM STORM VICTIMS




INDONESIAN POLICE CHARGE MUSIC TEACHER OVER STUDENT RAPES




MYANMAR MIGRANTS RISK ARREST AS THEY FLEE TO THAILAND




PROTESTS GROW OVER INDONESIA'S PLAN TO CARVE UP PAPUA




FEATURES


A PAPUAN CATHOLIC'S STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

RYAN DAGUR, JAKARTA




AUTHOR REVISITS SLAUGHTER OF FRENCH CATHOLICS IN WORLD WAR II

LUKE HUNT, PHNOM PENH




RAISING THE PITCH FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN PAKISTAN

KAMRAN CHAUDHRY, LAHORE


Commentary


SO, WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

WILLIAM GRIMM, TOKYO




SOUTH KOREA'S NEW PRESIDENT FACES HOST OF CHALLENGES

BEN JOSEPH




INDIA'S PRO-HINDU BJP RECORDS MEGA WIN IN PROVINCIAL POLLS

NIRENDRA DEV, NEW DELHI




WORLD

FROM MUSLIM BREAD HAWKER TO CATHOLIC PRIEST IN NIGERIA

Defying persecution and the disapproval of his family, Father Moses Idris
remained loyal to his newfound faith



EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES THRIVE IN US, CANADA

'There are young leaders really interested in the mission and the health of the
Eastern churches at home and abroad



EL SALVADOR ORDERS ARREST OF EX-PRESIDENT OVER KILLINGS OF JESUITS

Salvadoran troops had shot dead Jesuits, five of them Spanish, at the Central
American University in San Salvador in 1989



PAPAL ENVOY SETS OFF FOR BESIEGED UKRAINE WITH 'GOSPEL WEAPONS'

'I've come with three most sophisticated Gospel weapons: prayer, fasting and
alms,' Cardinal Konrad Krajewski told reporters




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TIMOR-LESTE SENDS HUMANITARIAN AID TO UKRAINE

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Mar 11, 2022

PHILIPPINE PASTOR'S BLESSING FOR MARCOS JR. DRAWS FLAK

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SOUTH ASIA

MOTHER TERESA'S FORMER SECRETARY TO LEAD SAINT'S INDIAN ORDER

Mar 14, 2022


GARO VILLAGERS PROTEST ARTIFICIAL LAKE IN BANGLADESH

Mar 14, 2022


VATICAN BACKS EASTERN CHURCH DECISION ON INDIAN LITURGICAL DISPUTE

Mar 12, 2022


RIGHTS BODY CALLS FOR REFORM OF SRI LANKAN ABORTION LAW

Mar 11, 2022



SOUTHEAST ASIA

TWO SHOT DEAD IN MILITARY RAID ON MYANMAR CATHOLIC VILLAGE

Mar 14, 2022


INDONESIAN ANTI-TERROR SQUAD UNDER FIRE FOR KILLING DOCTOR

Mar 14, 2022


PHILIPPINES SIGNS UN ECOLOGY PACT TO BAN PLASTIC USE

Mar 14, 2022


FUNERAL FOR CHRISTIAN THAI ACTRESS DRAWS WIDESPREAD ATTENTION

Mar 14, 2022



EAST ASIA

CHINA ACCUSED OF TORTURING JAILED TIBETAN MONK

Mar 14, 2022


HONG KONG DEMANDS UK RIGHTS GROUP SCRUB WEBSITE

Mar 14, 2022


PRAYERS IN JAPAN 11 YEARS AFTER TSUNAMI AND NUCLEAR DISASTER

Mar 11, 2022


MACAU'S FAMED RUINS SET FOR DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION

Mar 9, 2022



FROM THE VATICAN

LETTER FROM ROME: POPE FRANCIS NEEDS A MIRACLE

Mar 14, 2022


CHURCH NEEDS WOMEN SAINTS, POPE TELLS CONFERENCE

Mar 10, 2022


LETTER FROM ROME: CHRISTIANITY'S COUNTER-WITNESS

Mar 7, 2022


'MY PLACE IS HERE,' SAYS POPE'S REPRESENTATIVE IN UKRAINE

Mar 4, 2022




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JUNTA FORCES RAZE 500 HOMES IN MYANMAR VILLAGE

THAIS SET TO JOIN UKRAINE'S FREEDOM FIGHT

I'M A POLITICAL ACTRESS, SAYS CAMBODIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

'HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE NO FREEDOM AT ALL'

PUNJAB ELECTION A TEST FOR INDIAN PM’S PARTY

CAMBODIAN POLICE ROUND UP CASINO WORKERS

JUNTA FORCES RAZE 500 HOMES IN MYANMAR VILLAGE

THAIS SET TO JOIN UKRAINE'S FREEDOM FIGHT

I'M A POLITICAL ACTRESS, SAYS CAMBODIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

'HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE NO FREEDOM AT ALL'

PUNJAB ELECTION A TEST FOR INDIAN PM’S PARTY

CAMBODIAN POLICE ROUND UP CASINO WORKERS

JUNTA FORCES RAZE 500 HOMES IN MYANMAR VILLAGE

THAIS SET TO JOIN UKRAINE'S FREEDOM FIGHT






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KOREAN CATHOLICS PRAY FOR PEACE, SEND AID TO UKRAINE

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MYANMAR GETS NEW BISHOP AMID POLITICAL TURMOIL




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Luke Hunt

RELIVING CHRIST'S PASCHAL MYSTERY

Mary Aileen D. Bacalso

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING TO?

Michael Kelly

MYANMAR'S INTERNAL CONFLICTS MAY HEAT UP UNLESS MILITARY GETS SMART

Michael Sainsbury

IS JESUS CHRIST A KING OR A PRESIDENT FOR ASIA?

Michel Chambon

WHAT DOES A WOMAN REALLY WANT?

Myron J. Pereira

PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS AND AFGHAN REFUGEES NEED PASTORAL CARE

Naeem Harry

AN INDIAN BISHOP'S CRUSADE AGAINST LOVE JIHAD

Paul Thelakat

PRIESTS, NUNS CHALLENGE SRI LANKA'S DRACONIAN TERROR LAW

Quintus Colombage

SRI LANKAN CHURCH ADOPTS NEW STANCE AFTER EASTER CARNAGE

Reid Shelton Fernando

LETTER FROM ROME: POPE FRANCIS NEEDS A MIRACLE

Robert Carl Mickens

CARITAS CHIEF LAUDS BANGLADESH FOR SUPPORTING ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Rock Ronald Rozario

TIMOR-LESTE SENDS HUMANITARIAN AID TO UKRAINE

Ryan Dagur

TRIBAL PRIESTS PERSIST WITH GERMAN MISSION IN CENTRAL INDIA

Saji Thomas

RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE IS A WAR WITH NO END

Shay Cullen

TIMOR-LESTE'S LONG STRUGGLE FOR ASEAN ACCEPTANCE

Siktus Harson

COURT SEEKS END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BANGLADESHI WOMEN

Stephan Uttom Rozario

FROM PLASTIC BOTTLES TO MONKS' ROBES

Tibor Krausz

JUSTICE FOR WOMEN RELIGIOUS WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Virginia Saldanha

SO, WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

William J Grimm

COALITION WRITES TO PAKISTAN PM ON FORCED CONVERSIONS

Zahid Hussain Khan

MASSES CALLED OFF IN MALAYSIA AS COVID-19 SPREADS

Angeline Tan

SYNOD TIME FOR A 'RESTLESS' ITALIAN CHURCH

Antonio Spadaro, SJ

INDIA REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS AT 75

Babu Joseph Karakombil

NEPAL BECOMES US-CHINA ARM-WRESTLING TABLE

Ben Joseph

AS IN 1939, THE WORLD IS AT A DANGEROUS TURNING POINT

Benedict Rogers

YET ANOTHER INDIAN STATE PROPOSES ANTI-CONVERSION LAW

Bijay Kumar Minj

VATICAN SCOFFS AT TAIWAN, HONG KONG PULLOUT RUMORS

Christopher Joseph

IS A NUCLEAR-ARMED JAPAN A VERY BAD IDEA?

Cristian Martini Grimaldi

DEBATE ON 'LOVE, NARCOTIC JIHAD' IN INDIA HAS GONE TOO FAR

George Plathottam

HONG KONG BISHOP STRESSES DIALOGUE IN TROUBLED REGION

Gianni Criveller

SOCIAL AMNESIA BURIES INDIA'S CATHOLIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Joe Palathunkal

KOREAN CATHOLICS PLAN ART ACADEMY TO SHOWCASE CHURCH HISTORY

John Choi

INDIAN DEMOCRACY LIVES ON BEYOND CACOPHONY OF HINDUTVA

John Dayal

KACHIN CATHOLICS MAKE THEIR MARK ON MYANMAR'S STRIFE-TORN FRONTIER

John Zaw

PHILIPPINES SIGNS UN ECOLOGY PACT TO BAN PLASTIC USE

Joseph Peter Calleja

FINDING COMMON GROUND FOR RELIGION, POLITICS AND CULTURE

Justin Wejak

CHRISTIAN ART WITH A MISSION

Jyoti Sahi

RAISING THE PITCH FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN PAKISTAN

Kamran Chaudhry

INDONESIAN ANTI-TERROR SQUAD UNDER FIRE FOR KILLING DOCTOR

Katharina Reny Lestari

PROTESTS GROW OVER INDONESIA'S PLAN TO CARVE UP PAPUA

Konradus Epa

AUTHOR REVISITS SLAUGHTER OF FRENCH CATHOLICS IN WORLD WAR II

Luke Hunt

RELIVING CHRIST'S PASCHAL MYSTERY

Mary Aileen D. Bacalso

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING TO?

Michael Kelly

MYANMAR'S INTERNAL CONFLICTS MAY HEAT UP UNLESS MILITARY GETS SMART

Michael Sainsbury

IS JESUS CHRIST A KING OR A PRESIDENT FOR ASIA?

Michel Chambon

WHAT DOES A WOMAN REALLY WANT?

Myron J. Pereira

PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS AND AFGHAN REFUGEES NEED PASTORAL CARE

Naeem Harry

AN INDIAN BISHOP'S CRUSADE AGAINST LOVE JIHAD

Paul Thelakat

PRIESTS, NUNS CHALLENGE SRI LANKA'S DRACONIAN TERROR LAW

Quintus Colombage

SRI LANKAN CHURCH ADOPTS NEW STANCE AFTER EASTER CARNAGE

Reid Shelton Fernando

LETTER FROM ROME: POPE FRANCIS NEEDS A MIRACLE

Robert Carl Mickens

CARITAS CHIEF LAUDS BANGLADESH FOR SUPPORTING ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Rock Ronald Rozario

TIMOR-LESTE SENDS HUMANITARIAN AID TO UKRAINE

Ryan Dagur

TRIBAL PRIESTS PERSIST WITH GERMAN MISSION IN CENTRAL INDIA

Saji Thomas

RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE IS A WAR WITH NO END

Shay Cullen

TIMOR-LESTE'S LONG STRUGGLE FOR ASEAN ACCEPTANCE

Siktus Harson

COURT SEEKS END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BANGLADESHI WOMEN

Stephan Uttom Rozario

FROM PLASTIC BOTTLES TO MONKS' ROBES

Tibor Krausz

JUSTICE FOR WOMEN RELIGIOUS WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Virginia Saldanha

SO, WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

William J Grimm

COALITION WRITES TO PAKISTAN PM ON FORCED CONVERSIONS

Zahid Hussain Khan

MASSES CALLED OFF IN MALAYSIA AS COVID-19 SPREADS

Angeline Tan

SYNOD TIME FOR A 'RESTLESS' ITALIAN CHURCH

Antonio Spadaro, SJ

INDIA REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS AT 75

Babu Joseph Karakombil

NEPAL BECOMES US-CHINA ARM-WRESTLING TABLE

Ben Joseph

AS IN 1939, THE WORLD IS AT A DANGEROUS TURNING POINT

Benedict Rogers

YET ANOTHER INDIAN STATE PROPOSES ANTI-CONVERSION LAW

Bijay Kumar Minj

VATICAN SCOFFS AT TAIWAN, HONG KONG PULLOUT RUMORS

Christopher Joseph

IS A NUCLEAR-ARMED JAPAN A VERY BAD IDEA?

Cristian Martini Grimaldi

DEBATE ON 'LOVE, NARCOTIC JIHAD' IN INDIA HAS GONE TOO FAR

George Plathottam

HONG KONG BISHOP STRESSES DIALOGUE IN TROUBLED REGION

Gianni Criveller

SOCIAL AMNESIA BURIES INDIA'S CATHOLIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Joe Palathunkal

KOREAN CATHOLICS PLAN ART ACADEMY TO SHOWCASE CHURCH HISTORY

John Choi

INDIAN DEMOCRACY LIVES ON BEYOND CACOPHONY OF HINDUTVA

John Dayal

KACHIN CATHOLICS MAKE THEIR MARK ON MYANMAR'S STRIFE-TORN FRONTIER

John Zaw

PHILIPPINES SIGNS UN ECOLOGY PACT TO BAN PLASTIC USE

Joseph Peter Calleja

FINDING COMMON GROUND FOR RELIGION, POLITICS AND CULTURE

Justin Wejak

CHRISTIAN ART WITH A MISSION

Jyoti Sahi

RAISING THE PITCH FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN PAKISTAN

Kamran Chaudhry

INDONESIAN ANTI-TERROR SQUAD UNDER FIRE FOR KILLING DOCTOR

Katharina Reny Lestari

PROTESTS GROW OVER INDONESIA'S PLAN TO CARVE UP PAPUA

Konradus Epa

AUTHOR REVISITS SLAUGHTER OF FRENCH CATHOLICS IN WORLD WAR II

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