Luke Godoy

One of the four Baroque churches in the Philippines designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites has been elevated to the rank of minor basilica.

“A synodal leadership means walking with the people as Jesus did,” said Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, in his homily during the episcopal ordination and installation of Ronald Anthony Timoner as the new bishop of the Diocese of Pagadian on August 13.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK) has strongly denounced a proposed amendment to South Korea’s abortion law, warning that it “obscures the very essence of life,” Fides News Agency reported.

Camillian missionaries have laid the foundation for their first charitable institution in Indonesia, the St. Camillus House of Charity.

A Filipino cardinal reminded the priests of his diocese that their sole “love life” should only be a life of prayer and contemplation.

Saint Clare, “Let the love you have in your hearts be shown outwardly in your deeds.”

Pope Leo XIV has granted the title of minor basilica to the Church of Our Lady of Arabia in Ahmadi, Kuwait, the first of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula.

A senior Filipino prelate reminded his fellow bishops that they are called not to be dictators but to be pastors who love and serve their flock.

A Filipino prelate reminded elected officials that every law and resolution they pass is “a prayer before God.”

The newly appointed Taiwanese ambassador to the Holy See has affirmed the enduring partnership between Taiwan and the Vatican, rooted in shared values of freedom, peace, justice, truth, and human rights.