Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon has appealed to Myanmar’s government to scrap the constitutional provision which prohibits members of religious orders from voting in elections. He is concerned that Article 392 (a) of the constitution bars Buddhist monks and nuns,...
Christians across Pakistan are rejoicing after a court on 29th January acquitted 40 men jailed for alleged involvement in the lynching of two people in a district outside Lahore. The 40 individuals, almost all of them Christians, shouted “Alleluia, Praise God” as the...
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has published a book about her experiences and her new life. Ms Bibi released a memoir, Enfin Libre or Finally Free, written with French journalist Anne –...
In the eastern province of Zhejiang, the government has put in force a set of regulations on centralized funeral arrangements, which bans priests from attending funeral prayers out-side a religious place, reported ucanews.com. The government claims the new rules aim...
Philippine prosecutors have exonerated four Catholic bishops charged with plotting to overthrow President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration. The Justice Department dropped the charges, saying there was no evidence supporting police claims that the bishops...
