The Golden Jubilee celebrations of St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bengaluru, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, held from September 17 to 19, opened with a day marked by prayer, reflection, and academic exchange.
A silent rally and environmental awareness seminar focusing on ecological protection and drug abuse was held on August 1, 2025, in Singngat, a town in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur.
In recognition of his meritorious service to the Church and the people of God, the Metro Infanta Foundation (MIF) honored Bishop Broderick S. Pabillo, Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay, Palawan, with the Bishop Julio X. Labayen Memorial Award.
Tensions are high in the Khasi indigenous community of Pratappur Punji in Sylhet, northeastern Bangladesh, after miscreants cut down nearly 3,000 betel leaf (pan) plants on July 28.
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.
Pope Leo XIV told around millions of young pilgrims gathered at Tor Vergata on August 2, that “friendship, courage, and goodness can change the world,” during a deeply moving prayer vigil held as part of the Jubilee for Young People.
Pope Leo XIV urged young people to “aspire to great things, to holiness” and to never settle for mediocrity, as he celebrated the Jubilee of Youth Mass at Tor Vergata on Aug 3, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV offered words of comfort and prayer to a group of young Egyptian pilgrims on August 2, following the unexpected death of their fellow pilgrim, Pascale Rafic, during the Jubilee of Youth pilgrimage in Rome.
A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bilaspur has granted bail to two Catholic nuns from Kerala, Sr. Vandana Francis and Sr. Preethi Mary, both members of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI), along with Sukhman Mandavi, a tribal youth from Narayanpur who was arrested with them.
In a striking development that challenges the official narrative of a controversial conversion case, three tribal girls from Narayanpur have filed formal complaints accusing Bajrang Dal activists and activist Jyoti Sharma of assault, intimidation, and coercion during an encounter at Durg railway station on July 25.
As the world marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Catholic bishops from the United States are joining their counterparts in Japan for a "Pilgrimage of Peace", a powerful sign of transnational solidarity amid rising nuclear tensions.
In a significant development for the Church in Asia, the Diocese of Macau has officially opened the Cause for Canonization of Fr. Gaetano Nicosia, SDB, a Sicilian, born Salesian missionary who dedicated nearly five decades of his life to caring for people affected by leprosy and disabilities in Macau, China.
The 116th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei (CBCMSB) opened on July 30 in a spirit of communion and renewed commitment to synodality, as bishops from across the three nations gathered to discuss key ecclesial developments in the region.
In a strongly worded statement covered by Catholic Connect, Bishop Albert Hemrom of Dibrugarh, who chairs the North East Social Communication (NESCOM) commission, condemned the recent detention of Catholic nuns in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh as a gross violation of human rights and religious freedom.
Thousands of young Catholics from around the world, including a strong showing from Asia, gathered at Rome’s historic Circus Maximus on 01 Aug to receive the sacrament of reconciliation during the Jubilee of Youth celebrations.
In a significant step toward deeper collaboration in ecological mission and media advocacy, Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) and the Laudato Si’ Movement (LSM) officially signed a Partnership Framework Agreement during the Laudato Si’ webinar hosted by RVA on July 31, 2025.
In celebration of the 350th Jubilee Year of the Apparition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart is inviting the faithful to a special devotional exhibit opening this August at the Mall of Asia (MOA) in Pasay City, Philippines.
In a significant step toward environmental sustainability, the Holy See and the Italian Republic signed a bilateral agreement on July 31, 2025, to construct an agrivoltaic plant in Santa Maria di Galeria, a Vatican-owned territory just outside of Rome.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Richard Anthony D’Souza, SJ, an Indian Jesuit and astronomer, as the new director of the Vatican Observatory, one of the world’s oldest astronomical research institutions.
The Vatican has announced that St. John Henry Newman (1801–1890), one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the 19th century, will be proclaimed a Doctor of the Church, the 38th to receive the title.
