Father René Marcel Joseph Nicolas of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP), a French missionary who devoted nearly seven decades to priestly service in Asia, passed away on July 28 at Saint Theresa’s Home in Singapore. He was 95.
For nearly two weeks, villagers in Mannar, northern Sri Lanka, have staged continuous protests demanding the suspension of the second phase of a 50 MW wind energy project, AsiaNews reported.
Filipino Catholics in the United States marked a milestone with the inauguration of the Poong Nazareno Filipino Catholic Center in Anaheim, in the state of California, the first center of its kind in the country, Aleteia reported.
Amid the ongoing war in Gaza and continuing violence across the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa urged Christians to cling to hope, stressing that the power of evil can never overcome life rooted in Christ.
More than a thousand Christians from across denominations took part in a peaceful protest march in Hazaribag Diocese, in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, on August 17 under the banner of the One in Christ Committee.
The Catholic Diocese of Mangalore has strongly condemned attempts to drag Christians into the controversy surrounding the shocking revelations of mass burials allegedly linked to the famed Dharmasthala temple in Karnataka, AsiaNews reported.
Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian city, will soon be home to a new Marian shrine dedicated to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians, the first of its kind in the Middle East.
Pope Leo XIV shared his first meal with the poor of his pontificate on August 17, joining homeless persons, migrants, and families assisted by Caritas of Albano at Castel Gandolfo.
A bronze sculpture by Canadian Catholic artist Timothy Schmalz, titled When I Was Hungry and Thirsty, was blessed on August 2 at St. Joseph’s Church in Fanling as part of the Diocese of Hong Kong’s Jubilee Year celebrations, Sunday Examiner reported.
The Archdiocese of Bangalore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka joined the universal Church in commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea with special “Creed Sunday” celebrations on August 17, Catholic Connect reported.
