Asia

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (OSV News) — The crisis-ridden Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India has set a deadline to solve its decades-old liturgy dispute. The church based in southern Kerala state has …

HONG KONG (OSV News) — Catholic activist Jimmy Lai’s trial on charges of violating a Chinese-imposed national security law is nearing the 100-day mark. He is the highest-profile Hong Kong …

(OSV News) — A bishop in Jerusalem has appealed for Christians to start returning to the Holy Land on pilgrimage, insisting they should visit holy places located within Israel and …

(OSV News) — Hong Kong’s legislature has fast-tracked a controversial new law that some observers claim could see priests imprisoned if they do not reveal to the authorities certain crimes …

(OSV News) — The Jan. 21 centenary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin offers Catholics an opportunity to reflect on his historical legacy, and on how his role as …

August 18 happens to be the feast of St. Helena: empress, convert and finder of the relics of Christ’s cross. I won’t recount in detail the story of her life …

Microbrewing and miracles and Mariapolis, oh my!  This week’s stories have covered the gamut of topics: happy stories such as a Catholic priest sharing the Good News via “ale-vangelization” at …

By Olivia Poust (OSV News) — Deep in the Caucasus — at the crossroads of Asia and Europe — lies the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated enclave surrounded by …

LISBON, Portugal (OSV News) — When Pope Francis announced that the South Korean capital city of Seoul would host World Youth Day 2027, Rosemary Shin realized she might make a …

BEIRUT (OSV News) — They have survived life’s multiple hardships, including Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war. Now, the elderly in Lebanon have been thrown into poverty amid the country’s crippling economic …