Southeastern Asia and Oceania

Backgrounder on Timor-Leste
February 2008

Backgrounder on Tsunami Relief
June 2005

Backgrounder on Tsunami Relief
February 2005

Statement of Solidarity with South Asian Tsunami Victims
Bishop William S. Skylstad, December 29, 2004

Statement Issued in the Wake of Terrorist Attack at Bondi Beach
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, December 15, 2025 

Bishop Chairmen Express Sorrow on the Loss of American Firefighting Crew in Australia
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley and Bishop David J. Malloy, January 23, 2020

President of U.S. Bishops’ Responds to Today’s Mass Shooting at New Zealand Mosques
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, March 15, 2019

Letter to Archbishop Carroll, Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, on Terrorist Bombing in Bali
Bishops Wilton D. Gregory, October 17, 2002

Letter to Catholic Bishops' Conference of Indonesia President Cardinal Hardjoatmodjo After Earthquake
Bishop David J. Malloy, December 1, 2022

Letter to Congress Regarding Situation in East Timor and Placing Human Rights Conditions on Military Assistance to Indonesia
Bishop John H. Ricard, September 20, 2005

Statement on East Timor and Indonesia's Agreement to Allow International Peacekeeping Force
September 15, 1999

Letter to Archbishop Carroll, Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, on Terrorist Bombing in Bali
Bishops Wilton D. Gregory, October 17, 2002

Letter to Cardinal Darmaatmadja on Terrorist Bombing in Bali
Bishops Wilton D. Gregory, October 17, 2002

Letter to Secretary Albright on Moluccas
Cardinal Bernard Law, July 21, 2000

Letter to Indonesian Ambassador Kuntjoro-Jaktii on Violence in the Moluccas
Cardinal Bernard Law, June 30, 2000

Letter to Indonesian Ambassador Siregar Regarding Fr. Sandyawan
Robert T. Hennemeyer, August 21, 1996

Statement on East Timor and Treatment of East Timorese People by Indonesian Military Overseers
USCC Committee on International Justice and Peace, July 1994

See also Timor Leste below

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for International Justice and Peace Expresses Solidarity with People in Myanmar Following Coup
Bishop David J. Malloy, March 2, 2021

Letter to National Security Council Urging Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingya Refugees
Bishop Oscar Cantú, September 21, 2017

Letter of Solidarity With the Church in Myanmar Following Cyclone
Cardinal Francis George, May 6, 2008

Letters to Ambassador of Myanmar and to Cardinal Bo, Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar, Regarding Crisis in Myanmar
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, October 2, 2007

Delegation Trip to Visit the Philippines
February 2014

Letter to Assistant Secretary of State Campbell on the Murder of Fr. Lucero, Human Rights Activist
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard, September 17, 2009

Letter to Congress Regarding Toxic Waste from U.S. Military Bases in the Philippines
Gerard Powers, September 18, 2000

Letter to Congress on Bells of Balangiga in the Philippines
Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, June 22, 1999

Letter to President Clinton on Toxic Waste Problem in the Philippines
Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, July 25, 2000

Letter to Congress Regarding Situation in East Timor and Placing Human Rights Conditions on Military Assistance to Indonesia
Bishop John H. Ricard, September 20, 2005

Statement on the Protection of East Timorese
Archbishop Theordore E. McCarrick and Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarsio, September 30, 1999

Statement on East Timor and Indonesia's Agreement to Allow International Peacekeeping Force
Archbishop Theordore E. McCarrick, September 15, 1999

Letter to President Clinton After Attacks on People of East Timor by Indonesian Security Forces and Militias
Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, September 9, 1999

Statement on the Crisis in East Timor and the Involvement of Indonesian Military and Police
Archbishop Theordore E. McCarrick, September 7, 1999

Statement on Violence in East Timor
Archbishop Theordore E. McCarrick, June 10, 1999

Letter to Secretary of State Albright on Human Rights Abuses in East Timor and Excesses of Indonesian Military in the Territory
Archbishop Theordore E. McCarrick, June 5, 1998

Statement on Nobel Prize Awarded to Bishop Belo and Ramos Horta
Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, October 11, 1996

Letter to National Security Advisor Lake on Rising Tensions and Violence in East Timor
Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, October 24, 1995

Statement on East Timor and Treatment of East Timorese People by Indonesian Military Overseers
USCC Committee on International Justice and Peace, July 1994

Letter of Support for Bishop Belo and Catholics in East Timor
Cardinal John O’Connor, August 28, 1985

Letter to U.S. Trade Representative Schwab on Trade Relationship Between the United States and Vietnam
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, August 24, 2006

Letter to Vietnamese Ambassador Regarding Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Bishop John Ricard, April 28, 2004

Greetings on Behalf of the Episcopal Conference of Vietnam
Bishop Paul Nguyen Van Hoa, November 10, 2003

Testimony on Religious Persecution in Vietnam
Thomas E. Quigley, May 16, 2001

Statement on Peace, Reconciliation and Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, November 24, 1999

Statement on U.S. Normalization of Relations with Vietnam
Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, July 11, 1995

Statement on Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, September 15, 1994