Cambodia

St. James’ Catholic Church and Mary Mercy Kindergarten were inaugurated in Pursat city, Cambodia, by Apostolic Prefect Bishop Enrique Figaredo of Battambang on January 25.

Pope Francis stressed interreligious dialogue as a way to cultivate ecological responsibility when he met with a group of Cambodian Buddhists on January 19.

The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh recalled direction given by the late Pope Benedict XVI to the Catholics to live in a society with a strong faith: "Let us follow the path of love. Willing to sacrifice our lives for the benefit of others in humble hearts. Walking slowly toward God is indeed the perfect happiness.”

Child Jesus Church in Boeng Tompun invited 200 poor people to a solemn advent feast and distributed groceries to 200 poor families living in different parts of Phnom Penh city, most of whom were poor, physically ill and garbage collectors.

Adult Catholics in the Apostolic Prefecture of Kampong Cham in Cambodia met together to reflect on the synod in the local church.

The Vicariate of Phnom Penh in Cambodia urges Catholic families to proclaim the gospel through their family lives, with plans for personal relationships with other families and with God.

The new faith journey of a Cambodian woman to the Catholic Church was not "incidental" or "circumstantial," rather it was an act of God and grace.

Phnom Penh Vicariate Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler urged priests, nuns and catechists to guide students to understand faith better.

Over 140 teenagers from the nine pastoral districts of Phnom Penh Vicariate in Cambodia attended a camp to learn how to care for the environment.

Father Damien Farhner was recently elected to the Paris Foreign Missionaries Society (MEP) as a counselor and was required to return to France.

Over 1,500 Christians, Buddhists, and Muslims attended the interfaith forum against human trafficking on September 29, 2022.

Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, released a special message on October 2 from the Carmelite monastery in Phnom Penh to priests, nuns, and Catholics for October, the month of evangelism and rosary, to pray for the Church, families, and Cambodian society.

The Apostolic Prefecture of Kampong Cham welcomed its first Cambodian priest, Msgr. Pierre Hangly SUON.

"Pchum Ben" (Ancestor's Day) is a time of gratitude to ancestors and living parents and helps the poor in Cambodia.

Two women who came from Buddhist backgrounds became Catholic nuns on September 14, 2022.

Serving God means bringing life to God for a lifetime and allowing the hopeless to join happiness with God

One of the survivors of the Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian Sotheara Chhim, is a psychiatrist and mental health advocate for his country’s people of mental sickness.

After more than 20 years of service in Cambodia, Sister Mercedes Disu returned to her home country to continue her new mission. She left Cambodia on August 19, 2022.

"The theme 'Memory and Identity' is to get us deep into our culture and to the world where so many people are interacting online that we can be cross-cultural," says Bishop Oliver SCHMITTHAEUSLER, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh and founder of the Saint Paul Institute in Cambodia.

Amidst criticism, faith, daily prayer, listening to God's Word, and a priest's spiritual guidance helped Vichet On to accept and continue his work forward.