A Filipino Catholic priest of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), which this year marks the 150th anniversary of its founding, has been named among the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees, Asia’s premier honor for transformative leadership.
When he was in Grade 6, Carl Abram L. Alcedo, in need for more pots to house his plants which is his hobby, ended up making his own, and has gone far now with terracotta and ceramics.
In the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, there is a Catholic priest, Kuriakose Vayalumkal, often known as Father Rajesh, who is widely known for his care for the destitute.
Lorenzo Ruiz was hung upside-down over a pit. He was physically abused to coerce him into giving up his faith. If he would renounce Christianity, the Japanese would spare him and set him free.
A Malaysian mother's steadfast faith in God guided her son to His purpose, which later enabled him to be a priest in the Society of Jesus' Singapore-Malaysia region.
For the last 21 years, Lighthouse Feeding Centre: A Place of Hope has been helping the underprivileged and marginalized communities in Penang, Malaysia.
Leah Libresco Sargeant was a hardcore atheist in high school and college. Having a critical mind, and relying on physical evidence in her consideration of things, she viewed that faith belonged to people who believed in fiction.
Blair had been a member of the Anglican Church of England for a long time, and had kept his religious views private during his years as the United Kingdom's prime minister.
This Japanese, who served his country as its prime minister five times, kept his Catholic faith throughout his life in secret. Probably because he was a politician and the majority of Japan were followers of Shinto and Buddhism.
The cathedral witnessed the 19-year Vietnam War, a proxy conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia) that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Brother Tope Villanueva, a Franciscan friar known for his storytelling through painting, started joining online art exhibits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
William Nokrek, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi youth leader and international president of Pax Romana (Roman Peace), believes that Catholic youths need guidance to strengthen their spiritual and personal growth.
