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“Air India is giving its full cooperation to the authorities investigating this incident,” the airline said on its X account.

Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong says he is hopeful the new pontiff will continue along the same path of dialogue and engagement with China as his predecessor — a …

On May 3, three cardinals told the French Catholic daily La Croix they were struck by a speech from Cardinal David, who is president of the Philippine bishops’ conference. 

As an associate pastor, then-Father Ranjith was “a very energetic young priest” with a strong affinity for the poor, like Francis.

The church doesn’t need a carbon copy of Francis, said an Indian cardinal, but he does hope for continued attention to the poor, migrants and those suffering from environmental degradation.

“Several Asians being looked at by the rest of the world, that’s a significant thing for the church,” said Maryknoll Father William Grimm.

On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling minority, is …

An archbishop in Myanmar said the suffering of his people has brought them closer to God, and they have “hope in God’s mercy, in the certainty of his love.”

The earthquake hit the country at a time of uncertainty due to the ongoing civil war between resistance groups and Myanmar’s governing military junta, which overthrew the previous democratically elected …

“People urgently need shelter, medical care, and water and sanitation support,” said the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.