Anna Rose Benny was supposed to be in a rush to catch her flight home to Singapore from Penang, Malaysia, but she found herself stopping numerous times to bid farewell to her newfound friends. The ...
As the winter sun dipped behind the hills of Penang on Nov. 29, the grounds of the 177-year-old Minor Basilica of St. Anne in Bukit Mertajam began to glow. Some 800 Asian Catholics from 32 countries ...
In Asia, Pope Francis is being remembered today for his intense engagement with the region. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul. (SOUNDBITE OF BELL TOLLING) ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: A bell tolled at ...
As of 2020, the Asia-Pacific region is home to 4.5 billion people, 10% more than in 2010. This large and religiously diverse region – where no single religious group constitutes a majority of the ...