From August 26 to 30, 2025, Talitha Kum Asia held its 5th Regional Conference in Jakarta, hosted by Talitha Kum Indonesia, under the theme “Compassion in Action: End Human Trafficking.”
Pope Francis has once again reminded the faithful against the exploitation of God’s creation in nature, saying that it results in the exploitation of people.
The Vatican expects to renew its interim deal with China on the appointment of bishops, as part of efforts to “normalize” the life of the Catholic Church in China, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Monday.
Religious freedom must be the result of any renewed Vatican agreement with China, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom emphasized on Tuesday, noting that underground Catholics in the country remained “persecuted.”
The Diocese of Rajshahi in Bangladesh held its 18th diocesan pastoral assembly on September 11 and 12 with the theme “We are the Responsible Stewards.”
Catholic Church leaders in South Korea have expressed their opposition to a proposal to legislate same sex-marriage even as they supported an anti-discrimination bill that recognizes the existence of genders other than male and female.
Pope Francis stressed on the need to build a “civilization of love,” which he said goes beyond personal relationships, to address the impact of the global health crisis.
There is gloom in Bamora village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district. A migrant worker Manish ‘Sunil’ Vishwakarma, who had returned from Delhi in May this year when the entire nation was under COVID-19 induced lockdown, allegedly committed suicide.
Caritas Bangladesh held a training workshop last month to help its staff and teachers of diocesan schools learn how to make children “feel safe and attend school cheerfully.”
Church leaders in the Philippines have expressed their opposition to a proposal in the country’s Congress to declare as “special non-working holiday” the birth anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
The apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Hong Kong has instructed members of the clergy not to include personal social and political views in their homilies.
The apostolic administrator of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong has invited Christians to “revisit the notion of the culture of life” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, archbishop of Yangon, called on the people in Myanmar to “make a discerned choice” and “vote for peace” in the country’s coming national elections.
