Bishop Emeritus Joseph Zhu Baoyu of Nanyang. PHOTO FROM ASIANEWS By Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency May 27, 2020 A Chinese underground bishop who was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor in the 1980s for bringing Catholics on pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of...
Pope Francis appointed Saturday Bishop Thomas An-Zu Chung as the next Metropolitan Archbishop of Taipei, Taiwan.
Jesuit Fr. Adolfo Nicolás served as director of the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila from 1978 until 1984. PHOTO FROM THE JESUITS By Catholic News Agency May 20, 2020 JAPAN— Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus, died Wednesday...
As the Chinese government makes progress containing the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have resumed action to remove crosses from buildings and crackdown on religious practice.
The number of Catholics in South Korea increased by less than 50,000 in 2019, continuing a trend of slowing growth after a peak following the 2014 apostolic visit by Pope Francis to the country.
A Sri Lankan priest criticized the government’s response to last year’s Easter bombings, saying the failure to thoroughly investigate has amounted to a betrayal of the people.
The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom has called on the Pakistani government to ensure aid for the COVID-19 pandemic is being justly distributed to religious minorities, after receiving reports that aid organizations were barring Christians and Hindus from receiving food assistance.
China’s first canonized saint was martyred by suffocation on a cross in Wuhan, the epicenter of today’s coronavirus pandemic.
By Catholic News Agency March 7, 2020 BANGALORE, India— The Archbishop of Bangalore decried Wednesday the removal of a statue of Christ from a Christian cemetery. The statue was taken down after complaints from non-local Hindus. “It is very sad, unfortunate and...
Some Japanese dioceses have suspended Masses for several weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic across the country.
Bishop Joseph Zhu Baoyu, Bishop Emeritus of Nanyang, has recovered from coronavirus. At age 98, he is among the oldest infected patients to have recovered.
Diocesan Father Gregorius Utomo, who pioneered the Lenten Development Action (APP) movement and was a main driving force behind World Food Day celebrations within the Catholic Church in Indonesia, has died at the age of 91.
