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Bangladesh’s top government official praised Caritas Bangladesh for aiding in the country's socio-economic development.

The Indonesian minister urged Catholic journalists and media to promote the common good through their reporting.

"Through the journalistic responsibilities carried out by fellow journalists, let's make these tasks a field of community service as well as a form of actualization of love and the best service to God," said The Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G. Plate, on February 22.

On February 24, President Vladimir Putin of Russia ordered a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Ukraine said it faced a “full-scale attack from multiple directions.”
Hours after the Russian offensive began, the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops’ Conference sent a message to the faithful, inviting them to pray for “the leaders of our state, for our army” and also “for those who started the war and were blinded by aggression.”
The bishops urged the faithful not to give in to “hatred and rage.”

Kolkata’s Behala parish in the Indian state of West Bengal gathered its Small Christian Communities (SCCs) at the Infant Jesus Church on February 20.

Shehan Fernando will soon become the first-ever Divine Word Missionary from Sri Lanka to Australia.

Close on the heels of Pope Francis' visit to Iraq, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) and the Catholic University in Erbil have come together to help young students forced from their homes by ISIS to rebuild their dreams.
Despite difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the first batch of students has joined classes as the new 2022 academic year started.

The Council of the Laity of the Philippines (Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas) will hold a virtual “Walk for Life.”

It promotes the value of life and family through a noble sacrifice towards a developed Philippine nation. The purpose of the event is to defend marriage, family and encourage the culture of life.

On February 26, 2022, the event will be from 9:00 am - 10:30 am (local time) via Zoom and Facebook Live.

Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Dr. Aloysius John on February 22 visited Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Caritas Asia President Dr. Benedict Alo D’Rozario and others accompanied John on a six-day-long (till February 26) visit to Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country.

A Jesuit university in the eastern Indian state of Odisha will organize an international webinar on prayer for bishops, priests, nuns, Catholics, and others on February 26.

The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization launches a competition open to all, for the creation of the Official Logo for the Jubilee 2025. The contest begins on Tuesday, 22 February and ends on Friday, 20 May, 2022.

Members of the Catholic Mother Association in Myanmar’s Diocese of Pathein struggle to connect online via Zoom. Most of the mothers were new to using Zoom video conferencing and joined the meeting with less knowledge to operate the App and add to it; there was internet disruption in some areas.
Myanmar’s Pathein diocese had canceled a planned physical meeting of the Catholic Mother Association. The Zoom meeting was held on February 19.

Associates of Mary Queen of the Apostles, commonly known as SMRA sisters, organized a seminar on Human Trafficking at Bottombly Home Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 8.

Pope Francis has appointed Father Maurice Nyunt Wai as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Mawlamyine. The official announcement of his appointment is made public on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at noon Rome Time (5:30 p.m. Myanmar Time).

People of all ages in Rajshahi city met at the festival to get free books to mark International Mothers Language Day at Circuit House Road in Rajshahi on February 21.

Sri Lankan church launches a book on Easter Sunday Commission reports, as Cardinal says he has no faith in the present government to deliver justice.

The hurricane "seroja" that struck Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, on April 4, 2021, destroyed buildings and the surrounding environment and left deep trauma for the people.

Notwithstanding the pandemic and political crisis, the Burmese people show hospitality honesty and offer charitable donations to alleviate their suffering neighbours.
People’s income is dwindling as unemployment increases with rick taking up government jobs, banks shutting down business slowing.
Myanmar people are protesting in what is now being called as Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).

Myanmar Catholics in Nyaung Lan Gone village were overjoyed with the visit of Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye, the Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon on February 20. It was a historical day for the Catholics of the sub-parish to see a bishop for the first time after about a hundred years.

Bangladesh’s Dhaka Credit Child Care and Education Centre observed International Mother Language Day (MLD) at Monipuripara on February 20.

A city government in the Philippines has formally recognized Saint Joseph as the "protector” of the Local Government Unit (LGU).