Two new books, Christian Living and Reforming the Law, Renewing the Church, were released during the golden jubilee celebrations of St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bengaluru. His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao unveiled the volumes and presented the first copies to 14 Archbishops and Bishops attending the event.
Bishops, Church leaders, and experts from across Asia have converged at the Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Training Center in Sampran, Thailand, for a weeklong seminar on Synodality, running from September 22 to 26, 2025.
Catholic priest Fr. Matthew Eya, parish priest of St. Charles Church in Eha-Ndiagu, was killed in a violent ambush on the evening of September 19 in Enugu State, southeastern Nigeria.
Despite heavy rains and floodwaters, Bishop Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo, Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines, made a pastoral visit to the remote island community of Cagait in Culion, Palawan, from September 13 to 15, 2025.
Pope Leo, through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, has officially declared Saint Lazarus Devasahayam as the Patron of the Laity in India.
The Golden Jubilee celebrations of St. Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bengaluru, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, held from September 17 to 19, opened with a day marked by prayer, reflection, and academic exchange.
In Gaza, a wounded priest continues to celebrate Mass among rubble and displacement. In Rome, hundreds of priests are preparing to march under the banner “Christ Died in Gaza.”
The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, has formally invited Pope Leo XIV to visit Armenia during their first meeting at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo.
The Catholic community in Pakistan is mourning the tragic death of Afzal Masih, a 42-year-old father of four, who was killed while on his way to participate in the annual Marian pilgrimage at the National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mariamabad, Archdiocese of Lahore.
