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The docufilm entitled 'Pilgrim: 500 Years of Catholic Faith in the Philippines' features how the Christian faith began, spread, and continued in the Philippines 500 years ago.

"It is time to raise our gaze and move towards encounter and reconciliation with justice. The country must not continue in anxiety, fear and uncertainty," the statement read.

“Telling the story of Jesus in our Context: The Synodal Way” is the theme of the 34th plenary Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), in Bangalore, from January 24 to 30.

“With the whole family of God here in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, I am praying for the victims of this violence,” Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez said in a statement.

The event, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’ (KKKG), a Celebration of Feelings, was organized with an idea to de-stigmatize mental health, associate it with activities of daily life and suggest ways to enhance mental health.

According to the Vicar General, "majority of the victims were Catholics, and the attackers were Fulanis who occupied some of the villages they had abandoned after earlier attacks.” “11 people were killed, including women and children, and many with life-threatening wounds in the hospital."

Following his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis decried the violence in Ukraine, Peru, and Myanmar, where a Catholic church was destroyed.

​​​​​​​The theme of this year's Sunday of the Word of God is "The Word leads to the Way, the Truth, and the Life," which is based on a quote from Saint John and the Prophet Isaiah.

'With pain and anguish, we ask why these sacred places are attacked and destroyed; let all guns fall silent, let us start the sacred pilgrimage of peace,' Myanmar Church leaders.

Pope Francis is urging everyone to pray for the soul of a Nigerian priest who was murdered last Sunday, and to continue to remember and pray for the many Christians who suffer violence directly, especially for the suffering people of Ukraine.

Pope Francis stressed interreligious dialogue as a way to cultivate ecological responsibility when he met with a group of Cambodian Buddhists on January 19.

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Myanmar Legion of Mary had an annual retreat for 2023 in Chan Thar Gone, Mandalay Archdiocese, from January 13 to 15. It was aimed for the annual dedication of the members to Mother Mary, the annual retreat for the members, the gathering of the members, and making a plan for Mandalay Comitium for 2023.

'The Catholic Church is inclusive. The Church is ecumenical. The Church is in dialogue with other faith traditions. The Church is in dialogue with the whole world,' Cardinal Advincula.

Cardinal Ranjith stated that “This is a beginning, and it is a very happy beginning, and we are very happy that the learned judges gave us such hope for a future for this country, which is a much-needed hope for the development of our nation.”

The love that God invites us into is always a love which gathers us into communion: we – not me. This insight makes all the difference in how we “do justice”.

129-year-old Assumption Church in Chan Thar village in the Archdiocese of Mandalay, Myanmar, was set fire on January 15.

Fr. Joseph Amudakani, a priest belonging to the Catholic Diocese of Jhabua was arrested based on the false allegation of conversion on 18th January at Thandla, Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh.

The RVA Tamil service team joined the celebrations at St. Mathew’s Church located at Kadambathur, Tamilnadu, along with the Parish Priest, Fr. Arul Jesudoss and the parishioners.

Myanmar Council of Christian Churches (MCC) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar (CBCM) are having the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from January 18 to 25.