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.
Sister Mary Proshanto of the Associates of Mary Queen of the Apostles, popularly known as SMRA, released the book “Go to Saint Joseph” on Sept. 17, 2021.
A book on Small Christian Communities (SCC) was launched in India during a three-day regional meeting at Raniganj Pastoral center in North Bengal last week.
A group of Christian writers and journalists in Bangladesh, a predominantly Muslim country, held a meeting in Dhaka on September 17 to define their role in society amid the pandemic.
The Communion of Churches in Indonesian (CCI) strongly condemned the outrage incident in Kiwirok District, Bintang Mountains Regency, Papua Province that was caused by the Armed Criminal Group (KKB) on September 13.
Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila tested positive of COVID-19, two days after a religious congregation in the Philippine capital announced that 62 of its nuns were positive of the disease.
The archbishop of Kota Kinabalu and the bishop of Keningau, both in Malaysia, called on Malaysians “to rise above” the challenges brought about by the pandemic and find “alternative ways” to “national recovery and unity.”
Pope Francis met with the moderators of associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements and new communities and urged them to stay out on the existential peripheries, warning them of the danger of the desire for power.
Pope Francis on Wednesday said abortion is “murder” and urged priests and bishops, especially in the United States, to be pastoral rather than political when faced with the question of who can receive Communion.
At least 62 nuns in a convent of the Religious of the Virgin Mary congregation in Quezon City in the Philippine capital have been found positive of COVID-19.
Students of Myanmar Institute of Religious Studies are facing the challenges of poor internet connectivity and lack of electricity as they hold classes online due to the pandemic.
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul distributed relief goods and financial assistance to needy families in the parish of St. Peter and Paul in the Archdiocese of Yangon this week.
The Bishops of the Philippines offered a pastoral message to resist with courage, stand up for God and bear witness to truth amid the prevailing culture of murder and plunder.
Pope Francis has appointed Father Albino Barrera, a Filipino Dominican theologian and economist, as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
