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.
Asia
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“Several Asians being looked at by the rest of the world, that’s a significant thing for the church,” said Maryknoll Father William Grimm.
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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 …
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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.”
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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 …
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“People urgently need shelter, medical care, and water and sanitation support,” said the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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(OSV News) — Pope Francis offered prayers and expressed deep concern over the deadly wildfires in South Korea, which have claimed at least 28 lives and caused widespread damage. The fire …
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Tragic earthquake hits war-torn Myanmar, with massive death toll and little aid
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsA powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Mandalay-Sagaing region in southwestern Myanmar, causing multistory buildings to collapse and raising concerns about a significant death toll.
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The Charity Fund for hospital was launched March 24 in the capital city of Dhaka to provide medical care to the poorest patients in Bangladesh.
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The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state allegedly burned down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to St. Patrick March 16, the eve of the saint’s feast.
