At the Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV continued his catechesis series on “Jesus Christ, our Hope” as part of the Jubilee 2025, reflecting on the mystery of Holy Saturday and the meaning of Christian hope that is born in silence.
On August 28, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed an Indonesian bishop as one of the members of the
Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, which is headed by South Korean Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik.
Religious leaders, farmers’ groups, scientists, and civil society organizations in Negros Occidental, Philippines, have voiced strong opposition to the testing, introduction, or cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
On September 1, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Jain Méndez, an Indian priest, as the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
The Manipur Catholic Women’s Organisation (MCWO), a wing of the Archdiocese of Imphal in northeast India, organized a Training of Trainers program for Women Leaders on August 31, 2025.
The Conference of Major Superiors in the Philippines (CMSP) has opened its 45th Joint Biennial Convention in Cebu City, running from September 1–5 with the theme “Consecrated Persons as Pilgrims of Hope.”
From August 26 to 30, 2025, Talitha Kum Asia held its 5th Regional Conference in Jakarta, hosted by Talitha Kum Indonesia, under the theme “Compassion in Action: End Human Trafficking.”
The Regional Catholic Council of the North (RCCN) has come forward with strong and coordinated decisions to address one of the most pressing challenges of today the youth unemployment.
In a simple yet dignified ceremony held at the Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) campus in Quezon City, the Philippines, Fr. Felmar Castrodes Fiel, SVD, formally assumed office as the new General Manager of RVA on September 1, 2025.
The Ramon Magsaysay Awards Festival Season has returned for its 67th year, once again placing the spotlight on transformative leadership and selfless service in Asia.
A Filipino priest and activist is among the recipients of the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s premier prize and highest honor. The announcement was made at a global event on August 31, which also marked the opening of the 67th Ramon Magsaysay Awards Festival Season—a celebration of transformative leadership and greatness of spirit that continue to shape Asia and inspire the world.
A workshop on sacred liturgical hymns was held at the Christa Jyoti Pastoral Centre in the Diocese of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, from August 21 to 23, drawing over 70 participants, including nuns and lay music trainers.
The Nativity of Our Lady College Seminary in Borongan, Eastern Samar, has appealed for prayers and understanding following a serious mental health incident involving one of its seminarians in the early hours of August 27, 2025.
Hundreds gathered on August 29, 2025, at Bhrungijodi in Kandhamal District of the state of Odisha to observe the 16th anniversary of the anti-Christian violence of 2007–2008.
The Catholic faithful in Maoming, Guangdong Province, joyfully celebrated the reopening of their parish church on August 23, after years of closure for major restoration works.
The Catholic Church in Pakistan is stepping up its humanitarian response as Punjab province suffers its worst floods in 40 years, leaving more than 1.5 million people homeless and hundreds of villages submerged.
The seeds of human fraternity, first planted by Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb through their historic 2019 declaration in Abu Dhabi, are now bearing fruit in a new generation.
The Karnataka–Goa Province of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, in collaboration with the Diocesan Centre for Biblical Apostolate of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman, organized a Bible Symposium on the theme “Biblical Text in Its Context in the Digital and AI Age.”
Caritas Cambodia, the social development arm of the Catholic Church in the country, has extended emergency assistance to thousands of refugees displaced by the recent border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.
