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.
During the recent Pascal Vigil, Father Vimanphet, the parish priest baptized a group of catechumens, administered Confirmation, and presided over marriage at Ban Nam Yam a small Hmong village in Laos.
A new church for the Khmer ethnic of Pounong living in Busra commune, Pichreda district, Mondulkiri province, about 360 km the Northeast of Cambodia was blessed on May 1, 2022.
Several children who are members of Sunday school from the Catholic Church of St John's Parish, Ciamis, West Java Province, distributed Eid food parcels to the community around Lebak village on May 1, 2022.
In his special message for World Press Freedom Day (May 3), Pope Francis called journalists "those who should be appreciated for covering humanitarian wounds for the entire society."
Episcopal Commission for Christian Unity and Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) held a national training on interreligious dialogue at Christo Jyoti Pastoral Centre in the diocese of Rajshahi from 25 to 30 April.
The Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea established a religious school for grandparents to prepare them to be faithful teachers to their grandchildren.
The pilot implementation of the community schooling program of Caritas Philippines will provide young adults and out-of-school youths better access to quality basic education and stable employment.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia (CBCCA) has elected its first president during its plenary meeting in Nursultan, Kazakhstan, April 26-29, 2022.
