The Pillar

Home
About
News
Pillar Posts
Analysis
Interviews
Explainers
On Leo's Desk
Data
Pillar Columns
Starting Seven
The Pillar Podcast
Sunday School
Look Closer
The Pillar TL;DR
Explainers

How Catholics are caught in the Cambodia-Thailand conflict

Despite its small size, the local Church is offering substantial help to the displaced.

Luke Coppen
Dec 12, 2025
∙ Paid

Neither Cambodia nor its neighbor Thailand is strongly associated with the Catholic Church.

A Catholic church in Chong Khnies, Cambodia. Credit: JSolomon/wikimedia CC BY 2.0.

Nevertheless, Catholics on both sides of the border are caught in the latest flare-up of the Cambodia-Thailand conflict.

Who are the Catholics of Cambodia and Thailand? What is curren…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2026 The Pillar · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture