The youth of St. Sebastian’s Church in Ellis Nagar, a parish in the southern Indian city of Madurai, marked the Lenten season with a series of awareness programs linking faith with personal and social transformation.
"I cannot imagine what my school would be like without the help from the church's education solidarity fund," says Elsa, a recipient of the education solidarity fund. (Photo credit: Denpasar Diocese's web)
"Sustained by deep faith and a far-sighted gaze, humbly and self-sacrificingly served the Gospel and the Church," Pope Francis about late Cardinal Tomko
A bishop in Kazakhstan hopes Pope Francis' visit will reinforce the message of promoting peaceful coexistence among different ethnic groups and religions.
Father Pedro Gonzalez Tejero, one of the longest-serving Dominican priests as a spiritual director in the Philippines’ Central Seminary, died on August 4, 2022.
"50 years of missionary and evangelizing presence and services is our gratitude, confession, and pilgrims of hope in communion," says Father Ajit Victor Costa, OMI Delegation Superior in Bangladesh.
Bishop Adelio Dell’Oro of Karaganda shares in the expectation of Kazakhs for the upcoming visit of Pope Francis to Kazakhstan and its great joy and blessing for all.