Events

Israel’s "war machine” wants to "cleanse" Gaza. Only the intervention of the international community can stop this tragedy.

Anytime a Muslim is making a decision, he or she should seek Allah's guidance and wisdom

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes.

The laws are enacted by states, no need to transfer petitions challenging them to Supreme Court, attorney general argues

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of the patron saint of missions, an exhibition in Paris tells the story of a “woman intellectual, seeker of meaning” with a section dedicated to her relations with the missionaries of the MÉP and the spread of her spirituality in Asia.

Many political elections and many anniversaries but few international events currently on the agenda of the Asian nations for 2023

Women fleeing the war in Ukraine are at risk of gender-based violence

Many Catholic communities all over Asia have accepted the invitation Pope Francis made yesterday to recite a “special prayer” for Benedict XVI.

Consecrating Mongolia to Our Lady, in front of the statue of the Immaculate found among the garbage

China, grappling with a new wave of COVID-19 infections, took another step towards loosening its pandemic-related restrictions on Saturday

The growing role of women in attacks and bombings has emerged

The Forum for dialogue with other religious leaders

Mgr Joseph Bui Cong Trac, rector of St Joseph's Major Seminary, has been appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City by Pope Francis.

A group of women held a small but important gathering in downtown Kabul on Monday to protest against the alarming absence of employment opportunities for women across the country under Taliban rule.

Scores of hydroelectric dams have turned the Mekong into a completely artificial waterway.

Over 100 aid workers from 26 countries have gathered in the northern Italian city of Milan to offer personal experiences, innovative approaches, and new perspectives on the most pressing issues related to the climate crisis.

In Khandwa, Hindu extremists prevented a meeting promoted by the diocese claiming that tribal children were being taken “for religious conversion.

The founder of Open Doors passed away at the age of 94

Putin's order to recruit 300,000 new soldiers for deployment in the conflict is being carried out in a chaotic manner at the local level.

In Uttar Pradesh, a judge rejected a petition by a committee representing Muslims demanding exclusive use of the place of worship.

Dhaka (AsiaNews) – The Missionaries of Charity welcomed 50 transgender people at their Home of Compassion in Dhaka’s Tejgaon district, to mark together the 25th anniversary of the death of Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata. Transgender people are among the most marginalised in Bangladesh.

Sikh religious leaders will hold an assembly to demand anti-conversion laws in a state not ruled by Hindu nationalists.

A new heartfelt appeal by Francis at the general audience on the day that marks six months since the beginning of the conflict.

Some were later released on bail but the organization's leader and two well-known Buddhist monks will be questioned. 

The Catholic community in Raishahi has not forgotten the PIME missionary who was shot to death by bandits on 14 August 1972 at a time when he was helping war refugees returning from India. His legacy includes the St Joseph’s School and College he had founded in Bonpara together with Fr Verdelli, which today has more than 2,000 students.

The Catholic community in Raishahi has not forgotten the PIME missionary who was shot to death by bandits on 14 August 1972 at a time when he was helping war refugees returning from India. His legacy includes the St Joseph’s School and College he had founded in Bonpara together with Fr Verdelli, which today has more than 2,000 students.

In the first week of August, junta troops torched 500 homes in 10 villages in the Sagaing region, the scene of major clashes between the military and groups opposed to the February 2021 coup.

Following in the footsteps of John Paul II, Francis is set visit the former Soviet republic from 13 to 15 September to take part in the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. 

Concerned about the growth of certain religious groups, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, government and Muslim clerical leaders are working together to stop the trend. Officially, there is no persecution.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA):  A young Bangladeshi woman, Jaeda Akhter, was trapped by an international human trafficking gang and taken to India in late 2020.