Asia

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — Bangladesh’s oldest and largest Catholic pilgrimage, venerating St. Anthony of Padua, drew thousands to the Archdiocese of Dhaka’s shrine for an event that through the years …

(OSV News) — An international online database of clergy who face allegations or have been convicted of child sexual abuse launched its Philippine listing Jan. 29, drawing a sharp response from …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Coinciding with the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year, the Lunar New Year “can be a time of change and renewal” of faith, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen …

HONG KONG (OSV News) — A Catholic priest who works with migrant domestic servants in Hong Kong says the church does its best work today not inside church buildings, but …

MALMÖ, Sweden (OSV News) — A new report by Open Doors International said that more than 380 million Christians faced persecution and discrimination in 2024, an increase of 15 million …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — Christians and Indigenous minorities protested publicly against the beating of a minority woman and the burning of her house in Gobindganj, in the northern Gaibandha district …

(OSV News) — The streets of the Philippine capital of Manila were packed Jan. 9 with throngs of faithful devotees jostling for a brush with the encased icon of the Black …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — An Indigenous Christian village was burned to the ground just after midnight on Christmas Day in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. The attack occurred in the Bandarban district …

MUAN, South Korea (OSV News) — A passenger plane arriving from Bangkok exploded after skidding off the runway at a South Korean airport in Muan Dec. 29, crashing into a …

(OSV News) — As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas song by some members of the …