Cambodia

This seminar's primary objective is to enhance the spirituality of Catholics so that they can better comprehend the direction of their lives.

"The Catholic Church is here today to bridge the gap between the Catholic community and Buddhism," said Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, the apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh.

Kampong Cham prefecture organized several seminars for communities to share and reflect about family life.

SEA Game 2023 held in Cambodia

Neak Loeung community is of Vietnamese origin. The people left their homeland due to persecution by the authorities to settle in Banam village, which is now in Neak Loeung, located in Peam Ro district, Prey Veng province, 66 km from Phnom Penh, the country's capital.

The Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh organized a sports competition to build peace in Takeo province, about 70 kilometers from the capital of Phnom Penh, in the south of Cambodia.

The Church in Cambodia mourned the death of a Malaysian Catholic communicator.

The fund will “go to supporting Christian families in Aleppo made homeless by the earthquake” and “to cover the costs of the rent payments for the provisional flats while their houses are uninhabitable.”

"The joy of God and of the poor is our strength and also the joy that is in Caritas is our strength," Bishop Enrique Figuaredo of Battambang and Chairman of the Board of Caritas Cambodia told the members of Caritas Cambodia during the three-day annual retreat.

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.