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"With all Catholics in the Jakarta Archdiocese, I sincerely and gratefully want to wish a happy Eid al-Fitr 1 Shawwal 1444 Hijriah to my Muslim brothers and sisters in Indonesia,” Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo

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"I hope the perpetrators face the maximum punishment so that it can be a deterrent to others," said Fr. Vinsensius Darmin Mbula, chairman of The National Council of Catholic Education.

Belinda Pereira, an Indian Catholic woman, was among the recipients of the 3rd Mother Teresa Award on April 16 in Mumbai, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra

The Church in Cambodia mourned the death of a Malaysian Catholic communicator.

"There is no problem with having a person from a different church teach a different religion. If two souls can't join together, God's order isn't followed." Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, CSC.

In Augustine's flat, a bullet shot through an open window and struck him while he was talking to his son.

Archbishop told RVA, “It is our responsibility as spiritual leaders to keep our faithful in spiritual harmony.”

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Father Timothy Ploch said, "Salesian missionaries in India and around the globe provide educational programs for women so they can find employment and become self-sufficient, which aids their families and communities.”

"We must stand up for those who are oppressed and marginalized, and work to eliminate the systemic forces that keep people in poverty and suffering and bury the innocents before their death," the Cardinal said.

"We are badly needing huge trees like Acacia Trees because of the damaging effects of global warming and climate change. The cutting of four huge Acacia Trees is a big loss not only for this generation but for many generations to come," said Bishop Uy.

John Paul II described it as the "voice of Asian Christianity" when he visited in 1981. In his Ecclesia in Asia, an apostolic exhortation in 1999 after the Special Synod in Rome the year before, he said the radio station was an "excellent instrument of mission."

'Finance and Project Management Training' seeks to support ministry in media pastoral work as it relates to financial independence," said Fr. Antonius G. Lalu.

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Bishop Marcelino Antonio Malabanan Maralit said, “Make it a commitment in your life, especially if you have faith to live and fight for the truth, if we are now committed to the truth, then we must discover the truth.”

Father Alengaden was an active, creative, innovative, respective, inspiring leader, value educator, trendsetter and the dreamer of new India based on the Gandhian principles. Thousands of youngsters, educators, and leaders expressed their sorrow at the great loss of a great educator.  

Pope Francis appointed John Rodrigues (56), Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, as Bishop of Poona in India and it was announced publicly from Rome on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

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Bishop Emmanuel Trance read the Pope's letter in which the Pope expressed his closeness to the local Church and recalled the late bishop's "many years of devoted priestly and episcopal ministry."