Category: Asia
India exemplifies problems facing Southeast Asia as Covid-19 spreads
South and Southeast Asia have a combined population of over two billion people and India…
Church in India braced for Covid-19 emergency
NEW DELHI (UCAN): India came to a grinding halt at midnight on March 25 as…
Posted in The Philippines
Lockdown of Metro Manila is anti-poor migrant groups say
HONG KONG (SE): Migrant rights workers said that the lockdown of Metro Manila showed a…
Australia’s bishops cancel Masses in response to Covid-19 threat
SYDNEY (CNS): Catholic dioceses in Australia began cancelling Masses as the government limited indoor gatherings…
Posted in The Philippines
Philippine lockdown tramples on the homeless and hungry
MANILA (UCAN): “There was no mass gathering. The poor fell in line and kept their…
