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Catholics from Vietnam’s northern diocese of Vinh have appealed for St. Anthony of Padua’s intercession to contain the coronavirus pandemic...

The attorney general of Sri Lanka has requested the chief justice appoint a special trial-at-bar to hear cases against 25...

Manila's new archbishop, Cardinal Jose Advincula, holds his staff during his installation ceremony in Manila on June 24. (Photo: AFP) A...

Archbishop Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo has appealed to Japanese Catholics to join in prayers and support the Myanmar Church as...

Indonesian authorities have deported more than 100 Timor-Leste citizens who defied Covid-19 restrictions and illegally crossed the border to participate...

The Indonesian army says it has ended the controversial practice of conducting so-called "virginity tests" on female recruits.The move followed...

The Church in South Korea has welcomed the environment ministry’s decision to once again reject plans for a second airport...

Archbishop Heiner Koch is to appoint a pastoral minister as a contact person for gays, the Berlin Archdiocese announced.The German...

As Lorraine Alberto begins her Portuguese class at Goa University, students from the former colony are in short supply.Across Goa,...

More than 90 rights groups have pressed the United States to declare that the Myanmar military committed genocide against Rohingya...