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India and Caritas Cambodia sign a Memorandum of Understanding for reaching orphan and vulnerable children through mobile clinic service in Cambodia.

Bishop Fransiskus Kopong Kung of Larantuka of Indonesia canceled this year’s
Holy Week procession due to the surge of Covid-19 cases in East Nusa Tenggara province.

Pope Francis appointed Father Simon Kim Jong-Gang as the new bishop of the Diocese of Cheongju on March 19, 2022.

A parish in a northeastern Indian archdiocese in the Indian state of Manipur celebrated its silver jubilee of existence on March 19, 2022.

A Dominican priest on March 19 bagged the “Martin Luther King Jr. Award, 2022” from Rising Christians Union (RCU) for his contribution to society in Pakistan.

Cardinal Charles Bo ordained 13 deacons to the priesthood in Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar on March 19, 2022.

Pope Francis transferred Bishop Francis Kalist of Meerut to Pondicherry–Cuddalore as archbishop.

The study said it was because it was considered to have no medical benefit and was an act of violence that involved torture.

The training was held to mark the Women's Day celebrations at the Church of Our Lady of Nativity, Anaikarai of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.

Over 230 participants of Mahali ethnic groups gathered in Bangladesh to dream big for the nation’s future development. Mahali is an ethnic group in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

A Carmelite nun from Hyderabad, south India, on March 13 received the “Best Humanitarian International Award 2022.”

Indonesian Jesuits released a new book called "Jesuits and Muslims" to celebrate 50 years of their mission in Indonesia on March 13.

Father Girish Santiago, a Jesuit Missionary (SJ) serving in Myitkyina Diocese, is appointed as Major Superior of Myanmar Jesuit Region.

Science and technologies are the best means of transforming society, says an Indian priest-scientist.

On May 29, 2022, the Indonesian Bishops' Conference (Komsos KWI) Social Communication Commission will hold many competitions as part of the 56th National Communication Day (PKSN Online).

45-year-old Amuthashanthy, a physically challenged since birth, has empowered more than 1000 physically challenged people. In 2005, she enabled them to stand on their own feet by establishing the Thiyagam Trust in S.S. Colony Madurai, South India.

Myitkyina diocese in the northern part of Myanmar opened a 24-hour clinic for families with financial difficulties in the parish of Eden on March 14.

On March 14, Cardinal Charles Bo, SBD, blessed a new church donated by a Catholic family, some 25 miles north of Yangon in Myanmar.

A Catholic couple in northeastern India has translated the diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, an apostle of Divine Mercy, into an indigenous language.

Catholics discover a cross was allegedly vandalized on March 12 in Mumbai, the financial capital of India.