St. Xavier’s Parish, Thanlon, under the Archdiocese of Imphal in the northeast Indian state of Manipur, celebrated its Golden Jubilee on December 10, marking 50 years of faith, service, and missionary legacy in the region.
During a solemn Eucharistic celebration at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Pondicherry–Cuddalore on Aug 3, Archbishop Francis Kalist declared Italian Jesuit missionary Constantine Joseph Beschi as a Servant of God, formally initiating the process toward his beatification and canonization.
The clergy of the Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan, celebrated the Jubilee for Priests at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on August 4. The occasion also coincided with the feast of St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (1786–1859), the French Catholic priest who is the patron of priests.
On the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, the St. Thomas Communication Centre, the Social Communications Commission of the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council, officially launched its Golden Jubilee Year. It is located in Chennai, the capital city of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) expressed its deep anguish and strongly condemned the shocking mob attack on two Catholic priests and a catechist in Jaleswar in the Balasore diocese, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, on August 6, 2025.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL) met with top government officials on August 7 to discuss sweeping education reforms set for 2026. The meeting, held at the Colombo Archdiocese’s official residence, was attended by CBCSL President Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, and bishops from across the country.
The Diocese of Balasore in Odisha is reeling after two Catholic priests, two nuns, and a catechist were violently attacked by a mob of around 70 Bajrang Dal members near Gangadhar village in Jaleswar Parish on August 6.
In the Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon, the faithful are mourning the loss of Father Carol Tchinda Nguito, a 37-year-old priest who died in the line of duty on July 31, drowning while crossing a river during a pastoral mission.
The Catholic Church in Thailand marked World Communications Day on August 3 with a renewed call for truth, gentleness, and ethical responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital disinformation.
During the General Audience on August 6 at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV personally greeted 18 bishops of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), who are currently gathered in Italy for the SVD Bishop Forum, a special meeting held from August 4 to 7 in Nemi.
The power of social media as a tool for good, but also for harm, was underscored by a controversy involving a female vlogger who posted a video of herself spitting on the holy water font inside St. John the Baptist Parish Church in Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, on August 3.
In a deeply moving gesture of pastoral closeness, Pope Leo XIV paid a surprise visit to Ignacio Gonzálvez, a 15-year-old Spanish pilgrim hospitalized in Rome after collapsing during the Jubilee of Youth.
An ecumenical group that monitors religious freedom violations in India has observed a sustained and systematic pattern of attacks against Christian communities across the country.
The Diocesan Social Service Society (DSSS), Imphal, with support from Manos Unidas, launched a basic handloom (weaving) training program on August 2, 2025, at St. Joseph’s School Hall in Singngat.
As Japan commemorates the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a newly released film sheds light on the courage and compassion of nurses who cared for victims in the aftermath of the tragedy.
A Vatican official from the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development visited the Laudato Si' Farm, managed by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in Tagaytay City, about 59 kilometers south of Manila, the Philippine capital.
A small Catholic community in Koraliang, at St. Peter Church–Tezu, under the Diocese of Miao in northeastern India, commemorated the Memorial Day of two Servants of God, Fr. Nicolas Michael Krick and Fr. Augustin-Étienne Bourry, with Eucharistic adoration and a solemn Holy Mass on August 2.
