The Indonesian Catholic Community Forum (FMKI) brought together around 100 participants in Jakarta on October 24 for a national symposium calling for stronger interfaith dialogue, public civility, and social solidarity amid the country’s political, economic, and ecological challenges.
The Institute of Indian Culture (IIC), run by the India Mumbai Province of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), organized a lecture on August 8 examining India’s anti-conversion laws from a sociological perspective.
A Philippine ecumenical and interfaith group has called for the immediate lifting of a temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending an ₱85 (US$1.50) minimum wage increase for workers in the National Capital Region (NCR), saying the delay withholds much-needed relief from struggling families.
Bishop George Pallipparambil, SDB, of Miao in northeastern India, has described his appointment by Pope Leo XIV to a Vatican advisory body on catechesis as an unexpected call to serve the wider Church.
Kuala Lumpur hosted the second concert of Radio Veritas Asia's (RVA) three-city Malaysian tour on August 1, bringing together Chinese Catholic hymn composers, musicians, and Church groups from Malaysia, Mainland China, and Taiwan to celebrate faith through sacred music.
The Mandarin Service of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) marked its 50th broadcasting anniversary and the 12th anniversary of the Global Chinese Hymn Composition Contest with a three-city concert tour in Malaysia from July 31 to August 2.
The Ecclesiastical Province of Manila has launched a digital platform to make it easier for Catholics to request and manage Church records, as local Churches in the Philippines increasingly use technology to improve pastoral services.
The Catholic Church in the Philippines celebrated a historic milestone as the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan was officially elevated to the Diocese of Calapan on August 7, opening a new chapter in the Church's mission on the island province of Oriental Mindoro.
Parishioners of Our Lady of Salvation Church in Dadar, Mumbai, western India, gathered on August 4 to honor and pray for their parish clergy during a special celebration marking the feast of St. John Mary Vianney, patron saint of parish priests.
"We cannot go through this journey as 'I'; it has to be 'We.'" That conviction lies at the heart of Sr. Maria Nirmalini A.C.'s vision for the future of consecrated life, and now, it will also shape her service to the universal Church.
The Vatican's Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue will host the Fourth Taoist-Christian Colloquium in Kuching, Malaysia, in mid-2027, following new momentum in interfaith engagement generated by the first-ever Confucian-Christian Colloquium held in Seoul, South Korea.
Caritas Philippines, the social action arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), has raised strong concerns over the Talim Wind Power Project in Rizal, warning that renewable energy must never come at the expense of communities and creation.
More than a dozen delegates of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph (CSJ) of Chambéry from across Pakistan gathered in Lahore from July 26 to August 5 for their annual regional assembly, renewing their commitment to prayer, synodal leadership, and service to the Church.
The composer of the official theme song for World Youth Day (WYD) Seoul 2027 says he hopes the hymn will help young people around the world encounter Christ and embrace the event's message of hope.
For much of his life, Alexander Corraya carried a quiet regret. As a young man in Bonpara, a predominantly Catholic community in northwestern Bangladesh, he dreamed of becoming a priest. But after completing Grade 10, financial and educational challenges prevented him from pursuing that path.
Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Archbishop Joseph Arshad has called for urgent and coordinated action to eliminate child labor, describing it as a grave violation of human dignity that deprives millions of children of their right to education, safety, and a hopeful future.
Cardinal Jose F. Advincula, Archbishop of Manila, called on priests to embrace a ministry of presence, simplicity, and mercy, saying people burdened by poverty and daily struggles need "shepherds, not administrators."
Families at St. Anthony's Church in Vakola, a suburb of Mumbai in western India, were encouraged to make care for creation a way of life during an interactive session on integral ecology inspired by Pope Francis' teachings.
Fr. Nicholas Strawn, SVD, an American-born missionary whose more than 60 years of priestly ministry transformed him into one of the most beloved figures on Indonesia's Lembata Island, died on August 4 at Bukit Lewoleba Hospital in East Nusa Tenggara Province. He was 91.
The Catholic bishops of Pakistan have expressed prayerful solidarity with the people of Japan following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, offering condolences to the victims and prayers for those affected.
