Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Filipe Neri Ferrão called for a more synodal and missionary Church during the convocation and valedictory ceremony at the Institute Mater Dei, held at Santa Monica Convent on March 28, 2026.
Catholics in Sri Lanka wore black and hoisted black flags on Saturday, August 21, to show their indignation over the government’s failure to solve the 2019 Easter Sunday attack on churches.
The Risen Christ Church in Bosco Ashram, Ponnur, in Andhra Pradesh, celebrated its silver jubilee on August 18 with a gathering of priests, religious sisters, and the faithful from various sub-stations.
The Aid to Church in Need will lead a worldwide prayer campaign, “One million children praying the rosary,” for peace and unity in the world on October 18.
Caritas Bangladesh, the social action arm of the Catholic Church in the country, held a training seminar for teachers on ethics and morals in Caritas's Rajshahi regional office on August 18 and 19.
The pontifical agency Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has raised concern over the human rights situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s declaration of an “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” this week.
A group of Catholic nuns in Kabul are safe after the capital city of Afghanistan was taken by the Taliban Aug. 15, the president of a children’s charity said Tuesday.
Catholic priests in the city of Bangkok responded to the call of Pope Francis to go to the “peripheries” and be with the most vulnerable, especially during the pandemic.
A Jesuit priest who is currently stranded in Afghanistan following the takeover by the militant Taliban of the country this week said the situation is “changing” and “chaotic.”
The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi region marked “National Mourning Day” on August 15 by distributing food to street children and the elderly.
