Asia - Pacific News
Cardinal Pell celebrates Mass for Life for pregnant women
Cardinal George Pell of Sydney celebrated the Mass for Life this past Sunday at the Basilica of St. Mary, in... Read more
Australia’s Vocations Awareness Week sees World Youth Day aftereffects
The wake of World Youth Day has brought an increase in interest in religious vocations, as demonstrated in the response... Read more
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Catholics persist in protests over arrests
Despite a widely circulated threat of an imminent government crackdown, hundreds of thousands of Catholics from the Diocese of Vinh... Read more
Vietnamese government expands internet censorship to block Catholic websites
Following international news coverage of its violent reactions to Catholic protests, the Vietnamese government is again censoring Catholic web sites.The... Read more
Australians prepare to celebrate ‘undaunted’ Bl. Mary MacKillop
Catholic Australians are planning to mark the August 8 feast day of Blessed Mary MacKillop and the 100th anniversary of... Read more
Vietnamese Catholics demand end to persecution in conflict with local government
Catholics from 178 parishes of the Diocese of Vinh held another massive protest on Sunday, demanding an end to overt... Read more
Young Catholic priest murdered in India
Father James Mukalel, a 39 year-old Catholic priest of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Belthangady, was killed on Wednesday in the... Read more
Melbourne bishop asks Australian Football League to avoid games on Good Friday
Bishop Les Tomlinson, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne, has praised the Australian Football League for its tradition of resisting pressures to... Read more
Violence continues as authorities in Vietnamese city seek to create a ‘No Catholic Zone’
Anti-Catholic violence and police raids at several Catholics’ homes in the Vietnamese coastal city of Dong Hoi have prompted many... Read more
Priests beaten, one thrown from hospital window as Vietnamese Catholics protest
Two priests were hospitalized in the central Vietnamese coastal city of Dong Hoi after being beaten brutally by plain-clothed police... Read more
Shanghai officials relax one-child rules in hopes of relieving population aging
In a sign that the Chinese government may be taking a step towards ending its oppressive one-child policy, authorities in... Read more
Pope Benedict names three new Vietnamese bishops
A month after he expressed hope for a "healthy collaboration" between the Catholic Church and the Vietnamese government, Pope Benedict... Read more
Protestant intimidation in India holding back ‘flood’ of conversions to Catholicism, bishop says
A leading bishop from northeast India says violence and intimidation by some Protestant groups there are preventing thousands of people... Read more
N. Korea reportedly executes Christian woman for distributing Bible
Last month North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman for distributing the Bible, South Korean activists said on Friday. Her... Read more
Archbishop encourages Catholics to fight Tasmanian ‘right to die’ bill
Catholic leaders are working to defeat a proposed "right to die" law in the Australian state of Tasmania, saying it... Read more
Cardinal Zen denounces ‘false interpretation’ of Benedict XVI’s letter to Chinese
The bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, this week denounced the "false interpretation" of Benedict XVI’s 2007 letter... Read more
Suspended Catholic priest announces run for Philippines presidency
Suspended Catholic priest Eddie Panlilio, current governor of the central Philippines province of Pampanga, has decided to run for the... Read more
Vietnamese police beat hundreds of Catholics seeking to restore parish
On Monday morning Vietnamese police in the Diocese of Vinh brutally beat hundreds of Catholics who were erecting a cross... Read more
Vietnamese Catholics pay high fines for violating government's two-child policy
Catholic villagers in Vietnam say they are trying to follow Church teaching on contraception in the face of high fines... Read more
Archdiocese of Sydney to give thanks for World Youth Day with Mass
Last year at this time, hundreds of thousands of Catholic youths journeyed to Australia to grow in their faith at... Read more
