In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Pope, taking the name Leo XIV, and becoming the first American-born pope in the Church’s 2,000-year history on May 8.
In a message to the World Food Forum taking place in Rome, Pope Francis reminds participants that in a world impacted by interconnected crises, the centrality of the human person must never be forgotten.
Pope Francis announces that the Assembly meetings of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality will take place in two sessions: in October 2023 and October 2024.
Pope Francis is calling on children throughout the world to pray the Rosary on Tuesday for peace in Ukraine and other war-torn areas, as part of the initiative “A million children praying the Rosary”.
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.
Sister Petrini and Father Ruiz emphasized that the development of digital technology in communications must pursue the common good of citizens at the UN “Plenipotentiary Conference” held in Bucharest, Romania, from September 26 to October 14.
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?
In the context of FABC 50, FABC has organized a General Conference for the renewal and revitalization of the Church in Asia.
As a preparation for this General Conference, this Guide Document looks to expand the emerging realities and challenges confronting Asia and the Church, along with the Church’s presence in that Asian context.
On October 8, a Christian government official in Pakistan was brutally assaulted by a group of lawyers in his office in Toba Tek Singh district, but the police failed to arrest the influential culprits.
In his homily at the Inaugural Holy Eucharistic celebration, at the General Assembly of FABC 50, Cardinal Bo calls for fearless witness to the Gospel to reveal the Asian face of Jesus to all the Asians, in fulfilment of the missionary mandate of the Church in Asia.
