The two-year Basic Training for Catechists (BTC) in four languages—Bengali, Hindi, Santhali, and Nepali—concluded with phase II catechist training in Nepali.
Cardinal Bo stressed the need for the Church to be reactive, to be an agent of peace, initiating dialogue, advocating for equality, and standing up to power with ‘empty hands.’ Mentioning that ‘every jubilee calls for metanoia, the Cardinal challenged the delegates to ‘fight for peace’ and to let peace-making be the new evangelization.’
A Japanese bishop who attended the ongoing general conference in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), says it provides a "pastoral perspective" of the church.
The Youth Convention aims at bringing all the ethnic groups from the seven states of the Northeast to stay, pray, and celebrate their youthfulness together as one family, which has vital social, moral, and spiritual implications.
FABC General Conference on October 19 discussed the pastoral significance of faith-rich encounters, digital media in ministry, the need for paradigm shifts in the formation of clergy, and the importance of pastoral care of families.
Ecological repentance is needed “to fix our ecology, which is in danger because greedy people cut down trees and pollute the air, "said Father Bonifasius Djuana. He added that changing to a more environmentally friendly way of living could help the economy grow, get better, heal the planet, and feed the people.
Youth delegates at FABC General Conference highlighted the importance of the youth being considered as more than just a task force, and the hope that elders and Church leaders will provide spiritual guidance and be kind to the growth of the youth.
The pandemic revealed that the Church is vulnerable to pain, suffering and change, but is a Church of Paschal mystery and Synodality, moving towards healing and togetherness. Pandemic revealed new pastoral pathways in programs of dialogue, formation, digital evangelisation, ecological conservation, and reviving the liturgy to be personal to each person.
The St. John the Baptist Church in Tumilia, a parish in the Archdiocese of Dhaka in Bangladesh, organized a reunion for priests, brothers, and nuns—the first of its kind.
The Bangladesh Diocesan Priests’ Fraternity (BDPF) held its annual retreat on synodality in two groups at the Christo Jyoti (light) Pastoral Center in the northern part of the country from September 26 to October 8.
The second day of the FABC General Conference, 14th October 2022, continued with reports on the emerging realities from the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.
CBCP is requesting the faithful to unite in prayers as the ongoing General Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishop focuses its activities for the Philippines on its second day.
Inaugural welcome address of Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, convener of FABC 50, at the opening ceremonies of the FABC general conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 12, 2022.
The first segment of the FABC General conference, ‘Visiting Asia’, began with reports on the emerging realities from the countries of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Nepal and the three Rites from the country of India.
Inaugural welcome address of Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, at the opening ceremonies of the FABC general conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 12, 2022.
Pope said that the Church in Asia is called to be more authentically the Church of the poor, the Church of the young, and a Church in dialogue with fellow Asians of other denominations, by answering the fundamental question: What is the Spirit saying to the Churches in Asia?