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Bombings show Myanmar junta’s ‘contempt for life, faith, and the laws of war’
The Myanmar junta destroyed a Baptist Church in Chin state on Sunday, in the third attack on church buildings in five days and violating a ceasefire it declared to help relief works after last month’s devastating earthquake. Source: UCA News.
Papal rosary presented to world’s longest death row inmate
The Archbishop of Tokyo has visited an 88-year-old Japanese former boxer and convert to Catholicism who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate until his definitive acquittal in 2024, presenting him with a rosary blessed by Pope Francis. Source: Crux.
Papuans pray Way of the Cross to protest state violence
Christians in conflict-torn Papua in Indonesia marked International Human Rights Day on Tuesday with Way of the Cross, calling for an end to the state violence on their people. Source: UCA News.
Giving the gift of life ‘one drop at a time’
This Christmas, the Archdiocese of Yangon, Myanmar, is calling for urgent support to bring the gift of clean water to vulnerable families affected by the ongoing conflict in the country. Source: Catholic Mission.
Catholic school in Bangladesh forced to close after mob attack
A Catholic school in Bangladesh has been closed indefinitely following acts of violence and vandalism. Source: Crux.
Lay volunteers in Malaysia reach out to lapsed Catholics
A Malaysian archdiocese has trained a group of lay volunteers to run an international program to encourage lapsed Catholics to return to the Church. Source: UCA News.
Online prayer group’s ‘little way’ of spreading the good news
A Taiwan-based online prayer group is making some headway in spreading the good news to international Chinese-speakers using St Therese of Lisieux’s “little way” as its model for evangelisation. Source: UCA News.
Marian visionary dies at 93 on feast of Assumption
A Japanese woman religious and Marian visionary has died some five decades after witnessing the miraculous weeping of a statue of Mary and receiving urgent messages to pray in reparation for humanity’s sins. Source: Global Sisters Report.
Fans of peace call for nuclear-free Northeast Asia
A three-nation Catholic peace meeting in Japan has appealed for an end to militarisation and nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia. Source: UCA News.