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Top Islamist leader promises Christians no Sharia ahead of Bangladesh election

January 22, 2026 EWTN News 2

Shafiqur Rahman, leader of the largest Islamist politicial party in Bangladesh. | Credit: Delwar Hossain/Wikimedia (CC0)

Jan 22, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA).
As Bangladesh heads toward a crucial general election on Feb. 12, the country’s largest Isla… […]

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Thousands gather at Bangladesh Marian shrine where villagers were saved during 1971 war

January 21, 2026 EWTN News 0

Bishop Sebastian Tudu of Dinajpur celebrates Mass at the Shrine of Mary the Protector on Jan. 16, 2026. | Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario

Jan 21, 2026 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Thousands of pilgrims gathered at a Marian shrine in northern Bangladesh on J… […]

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Devotion, not tourism: 5 million mark Santo Niño feast in Philippines

January 20, 2026 EWTN News 1

An image of Santo Niño is carried in procession in Cebu, central Philippines, on Jan. 18, 2026. | Credit: Archdiocese of Cebu

Jan 20, 2026 / 09:25 am (CNA).
More than 5.2 million devotees joined the feast of Santo Niño (Infant Jesus) in Cebu, c… […]

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‘We only want treatment’: Catholics caught in Bangladesh-India visa crisis

January 17, 2026 EWTN News 0

A Bangladeshi border post in Bagha, Rajshahi district, near the India-Bangladesh border on June 13, 2021. | Credit: Dewan Tirtho / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jan 17, 2026 / 08:00 am (CNA).
For decades, India was the most affordable and trusted de… […]

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Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees

January 14, 2026 EWTN News 0

The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News

Jan 14, 2026 / 11:15 am (CNA).
More than 9.6 million Catholics joined the annual feast of the … […]

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History erased? Bangladesh Catholics struggle to recover first church land

January 10, 2026 Catholic News Agency 0

A garden now occupies the site of Bangladesh’s first Catholic church at Iswaripur in Satkhira district. Portuguese Jesuits dedicated the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus here on Jan. 1, 1600. | Credit: Milon Munda

Jan 10, 2026 / 07:00 am (CNA)…. […]

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Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister, Catholic school alumna, dies at 80

December 30, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Begum Khaleda Zia, former Bangladesh prime minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in 2010 at the Diploma Engineers Institute, Dhaka. | Credit: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dec 30, 2025 / 19:22 pm… […]

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Church leaders condemn arson attack on top Bangladesh newspaper offices

December 19, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

A group set fire to the office of the country’s top Bangla newspaper, Prothom Alo, late on Dec. 19, 2025, to protest the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a front-line leader of a 2024 uprising in Bangladesh. / Credit: Dipu Malaker

Dhaka, Banglades… […]

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Filipino bishops oppose nuclear power plant plan

December 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan celebrates Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Dagupan City, on Dec. 13, 2025. / Credit: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan

Manila, Philippines, Dec 15, 2025 / 09:00 am… […]

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Jimmy Lai found guilty of national security violations, faces life in prison

December 15, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

A general view shows the West Kowloon court sign where jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial was taking place in Hong Kong on Aug. 28, 2025. / Credit: VERNON YUEN/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Dec 15, 2025 / 07:00 a… […]

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