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.
Father Francis Cui Qingqi, O.F.M., is the sixth bishop nominated by Pope Francis under the terms of the 2018 Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and China.
The Catholic faithful in Meghalaya State in Northeastern India will now enjoy their own cable TV channel as the popular YouTube channel “Don Bosco Media Network” launched its cable service.
Myanmar junta forces have reportedly occupied churches and destroyed stocks of food aid for refugees during clashes with ethnic armed forces and militias.
The Vatican released Tuesday a preparatory document and handbook for the 2023 synod on synodality to be reviewed by all Catholic dioceses in the world over the next six months.
Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli released a handbook on a better understanding of ecumenism in New Delhi, India, on August 31. The book titled 'May They All Be One: Ecumenism in Catholic Perspective' is a guide to re-establish visible unity among all the baptized.
A group of children in the Archdiocese of Dhaka received their First Holy Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Good Shepherd Church in the village of Bhadun on September 3.
FABC President and Archbishop of Yangon, Cardinal Charles Bo sdb, will address the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress which got underway in Budapest, Hungary, September 5.
The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh’s Dinajpur region opened the observance of the “Season of Creation” with prayers on September 2.
Catholic faithful in a parish in the outskirts of Jakarta in Indonesia continue to wait for the government to approve a proposal, which was submitted 14 years ago, to build their parish church in honor of Mother Teresa.
The Catholic Church in Bangladesh marked the 44th death anniversary of Theotonius Amal Ganguly, a Servant of God, at St. Mary's Cathedral Church in Dhaka on Sept. 2, 2021.
Bishop Joseph Durero formally assumed his post as the third shepherd of the Diocese of Daru-Kiunga, replacing Bishop Gilles Côté of the Missionaries of the Company of Mary, who retired after serving the diocese for 22 years.
“Let us reflect on how the way we eat, consume, travel, or the way we use water, energy, plastics, and many other material goods, is often harmful to the earth.”
