Asia - Pacific News
Cardinal Zen trial update: Defense calls for charges to be dismissed
Lawyers defending Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other Hong Kong democracy activists took the floor Monday in the West Kowloon... Read more
South Korea’s Catholic bishops pray for Halloween crowd surge victims
Catholic bishops in South Korea offered condolences to the bereaved families of the more than 150 people killed in a... Read more
Cardinal Zen’s trial reopens in Hong Kong days after Vatican-China deal renewal
The trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen resumed in Hong Kong on Wednesday, days after the Vatican announced the renewal of... Read more
Amid claim of coming ‘Asian millennium,’ Pope Francis tells bishops to discern Holy Spirit
Pope Francis on Wednesday called on Asia’s Catholic bishops, currently gathered in Thailand, to discern what the Holy Spirit is... Read more
Christians excluded from Australian sports? Bishops raise alarm after exec resigns
One day after being appointed chief executive of an Australian rules football club, Andrew Thorburn stepped down from the role... Read more
Pope Francis mourns 23 children and several adults killed in Thailand day care attack
Pope Francis has expressed deep sorrow at the news of a deadly rampage at a day care center in Thailand... Read more
Vatican confirms East Timor bishop under ‘restrictions’ related to sexual abuse of minors
Two alleged victims, now in their 40s, say the bishop abused his position of power over boys in the area... Read more
Cardinal Zen’s second day in court: Magistrate rules there is sufficient evidence
On Tuesday, Cardinal Joseph Zen’s second day in court in Hong Kong, the magistrate ruled that there was sufficient evidence... Read more
A handful of Catholic leaders and others voice support for Cardinal Zen as his trial begins
These are Catholic leaders, scholars, and human rights activists who have publicly shown their support for Zen as his trial... Read more
Vatican opens canonical investigation into Australian bishop
The Vatican has appointed Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane to oversee an investigation into former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders. Read more
Cardinal Zen stands trial in Hong Kong
Cardinal Joseph Zen and five others stood trial in Hong Kong on Monday for failing to properly register a fund... Read more
Report: Pope Francis sought to meet with Xi Jinping, but China declined
Pope Francis expressed his “availability” to meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping while both men were in Kazakhstan this week,... Read more
A ‘supermarket of religions,’ God’s will, and the wisdom of a tweaked declaration
A sensitive passage in the final declaration of the congress that brought Pope Francis to Kazakhstan Sept. 13–15 appears to... Read more
Interreligious dialogue an urgent need, Pope Francis says at close of Kazakhstan congress
In his final remarks in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Pope Francis said interreligious dialogue is an urgently needed path to peace. Read more
Kazakhstan interreligious congress adopts declaration calling religious pluralism ‘God’s will’
The congress Pope Francis participated in this week adopted a declaration calling religious pluralism an expression “of the wisdom of... Read more
Pope Francis tells Kazakhstan’s small Catholic community ‘being little’ is a blessing
Pope Francis told Kazakhstan’s small Catholic community on Thursday that “being little” is a blessing from God. Read more
Pope Francis blesses icon depicting Mary and Jesus as native Kazakhs
Pope Francis on Thursday blessed an icon depicting Mary and the Child Jesus as native Kazakhs, entrusting the Church in... Read more
Kazakhstan interreligious summit a chance ‘to find common paths for humanity’
Participants have called the event an opportunity for encounter and finding common ground. Read more
The story behind the miracle of the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in Kazakhstan
Ozernoye is the name of a village located in northern Kazakhstan where the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace is... Read more
Pope Francis says his thoughts are with war-torn Ukraine on feast of the Holy Cross
Speaking at an outdoor Mass in Kazakhstan’s capital on Sept. 14, the pope said he was thinking of “all the... Read more
