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China’s WeChat deletes dozens of LGBTQ+ student, NGO accounts

Screenshots of notices sent to the holders of the deleted accounts said they had broken laws and regulations governing online content

Spectators to face Olympic ban as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency –...

If confirmed, the ban on spectators would mark the latest blow to the troubled Olympics, delayed by a year because of the pandemic

Vatican calls for dignified conditions for maritime workers

Since September 2020, an estimated 400,000 seafarers have been stranded at sea because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Death of Indian Jesuit while in detention stirs outcry in India,...

The United Nations said it was deeply disturbed by the death of the 84-year-old priest who championed the rights of indigenous peoples

Pope Francis in Pyongyang? An intelligence chief is working to make...

North Korea has consistently been ranked as the worst country for persecution of Christians by the charity Open Doors

Asian bishops honor Indian Jesuit priest Stan Swamy as ‘martyr of...

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, FABC president, said Father Swamy “redefined his priesthood, extending his altar to the streets and hills"

Pope Francis recovering in same hospital room where St. John Paul...

For the rest of this week, Pope Francis is scheduled to stay in Gemelli University Hospital, located atop Monte Mario

Indonesia readies more medical options for worst-case coronavirus scenario

Indonesia has seen record daily infections in 11 of the past 16 days, with 31,189 new cases and 728 fatalities on Tuesday

More Catholic priests getting sick of COVID-19 in Myanmar

At least 20 of the 54 priests in the Diocese of Kalay in the country’s Sagaing region are currently sick of either COVID-19 or common flu

Indonesia beefs up health funds with hospitals in critical condition

Indonesia is battling one of Asia's worst coronavirus epidemics, fueled by the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant

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