Pope Francis will visit the Asian countries of Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Singapore, as well as Papua New Guinea in Oceania, from September 2 to 13 this year.
Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, visited families under quarantine during the lockdown due to the pandemic to extend the Church’s help to those most in need.
Church officials said the cardinal passed away of old age at 10:15 p.m. at a Seoul hospital where he had been since February due to an unspecified ailment.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo called on Sri Lanka’s Muslims to reject extremism as the country marked the anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people.
The Vincentian Congregation, a south Indian religious congregation started in Kerala State in 1904, has elected Father John Kandathinkara as its new superior general during the general chapter in Edappally, Kochi, on April 14, 2021.
Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, urged Catholics in Cambodia to be “more charitable” during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Policemen and soldiers entered several Catholic churches in Myanmar, especially in the Diocese of Pathein, in recent weeks, Radio Veritas Asia learned.
A modern dental care unit has been inaugurated at the Krick and Bourry Memorial Hospital, which is run by the Catholic Church in Miao diocese of Arunachal Pradesh
The various departments of the Catholic Church in India's northeast region reviewed their role in fighting the spread of the coronavirus disease in a meeting on April 8 and 9.
The disasters, caused by two days of heavy rain due to the Seroja tropical cyclone, hit 12 cities and districts in the province on Easter Sunday, killing at least 128 people, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Bishop Olivier Schmitthauesler, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh, led that distribution of food and relief goods to a community affected by the pandemic in the province of Takeo on April 6, 2021.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Bangladesh, through its Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace, has expressed support and solidarity with the people of Myanmar.
In his Easter message, Cardinal Bo said the people of Myanmar should not fall into the turf of the enemy, but instead “defeat him with love, defeat him with humanity.”
The prelate of the Archdiocese of Imphal in India reminded priests and religious in his territory of their “two-fold ministry” of pastoral care and education of the faithful.
Five overseas archdioceses have called for Holy Thursday to be a day of prayer for democracy and peace in Myanmar where hundreds have been killed since a Feb. 1 military coup.
The Catholic Church in Cambodia celebrated Palm Sunday this year amid the coronavirus pandemic in silence as churches were empty due to strict health protocols.