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 Jose Advincula of Manila led the opening of the “Season of Creation” with the celebration of the Holy Mass at the Manila Cathedral on Wednesday, September 1.
The Family Rosary Ministry Team of Bangladesh’s Rajshahi diocese organized a one-day seminar on the Holy Rosary at St. Paul’s church in the parish of Katadanga last week.
The Claretian missionaries re-elected Indian Father Mathew Vattamattam, CMF, as its new superior general during the congregation’s general chapter in Rome on August 30.
Youth animators of the Salesian Province of Tiruchy in India’s Tamil Nadu state organized a training workshop on digital media for youth animators on August 21.
A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines announced 40 days of fasting and penitence as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.
Indian Catholic priest Benedict Aguiar, one of the “founding fathers” of the Indian Catholic Press Association, died on Thursday, August 26. He was 95 years old.
A parish church in Myanmar has been converted into a COVID-19 treatment center to augment public and private hospitals that have been inundated with patients in recent weeks.
The Archdiocese of Ranchi in India responded to the challenge of the “new normal” during the pandemic by launching new communication initiatives to reach out to the community.
The Cathedral parish in the Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar distributed food supplies — rice, onions, oil, salt, eggs — to poor parishioners on August 22.
The Risen Christ Church in Bosco Ashram, Ponnur, in Andhra Pradesh, celebrated its silver jubilee on August 18 with a gathering of priests, religious sisters, and the faithful from various sub-stations.
Catholic priests in the city of Bangkok responded to the call of Pope Francis to go to the “peripheries” and be with the most vulnerable, especially during the pandemic.
An Italian missionary priest who established cooperative credit unions in parishes across Bangladesh died on Wednesday, August 11, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 77.
Young Catholics in the Diocese of Bandung in Indonesia have started a relief distribution project to help families in communities most affected by the pandemic.
Several Catholic churches in the Philippine capital have opened its doors to provide people in need, especially those most affected by the implementation of the strict community quarantine due to the pandemic this week.