If I am a servant of the cross-king, of a king who does not sit, then I too must not be a sitter. I must show my loyalty to my king by moving among others as he did, as he does, not to receive homage or reward, but to serve.

We start with an18-year-old Cambodian worker was sexually assaulted while attempting to cross the closed border and return home. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

In a sea of negotiators, lobbyists, and policy experts at the UN Climate Change Conference, Lisa Sullivan stands out for saying it as it is: “This is no longer an environmental problem. It’s a human problem.”Sullivan, a lay missioner with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (OGC) engaged in global advocacy and education, is attending COP30 in Belem, Brazil.Her journey with the Maryknoll family spans over 40 years, including more than two decades in the parched fields of Venezuela and El Salvador.Now based in Washington, D.C., her work is spread across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, addressing the needs of communities that bear the brunt of climate change despite contributing little to its causes.

Faith is not certainty, it is a choice. I choose, because of the evidence I have experienced of God's loving help in ages past, to believe that love will not desert me. If I am right, I will know. If I am wrong, I will not know. And in that case, neither being wrong nor having lived at all will matter.

Christians and civil society groups condemn latest attack as move to destabilize peace and harmony in region amid blasts in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

This feast of one church building in Rome reminds us that we can and should appreciate and celebrate all the buildings in which we gather as a community. Those buildings, whether they be lowly huts or grand basilicas, are our homes.

North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh told to pay compensation to Muslim man detained for alleged forced conversion of a Hindu woman. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

The feast might be called All Sinners Day, for it is a day to recall that though we are called to sanctity and eternal life, we are not the saints we might be, the saints we hope to become.

Indonesian authorities criticized for including former military dictator Suharto in a list of nominees for recognition as national heroes. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

Love it or fear it, a new Church is being born. It will take several lifetimes, but eventually the Church throughout the world will be different because of what is happening at the back of the temple.

An upcoming Bollywood movie, claiming the iconic Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple, has caused fresh controversy in the Hindu-majority nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

Those in power who fear what people — especially those who have been deprived — have to say deprive themselves of the opportunity to change their lives for the better — in other words, of the chance to repent.

Church leaders and rights activists have condemned a surge in violence against media workers in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

We receive many gifts from God, but it is not the gifts nor even the recipient, but the Giver, upon whom we should focus.

Singapore carried out its second execution in two weeks for drug offence, amid allegations by family of a Malaysian man that “critical evidence” was ignored. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

People and situations will always appear that will need a response from this servant of God. The more I respond, the more opportunities for service will open up to me.

Violence broke out after the alleged rape of a tribal girl in the restive hilly region in southeast Bangladesh. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

This parable is a wake-up call to see that each and every man and woman is a child of God, and therefore my brother, my sister. Awareness can be the first step in conversion.

A female journalist and five activists accused of aiding and abetting terrorism in the the Philippines are set free after spending seven years in jail. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

Investing is a way to wealth in much of the world today. Ideally, an investment grows, leading to yet further investment. Can I do that with my possessions, putting at least some of them forward for the needy?