Cambodia

The Catholic Church, though a minority in predominantly Buddhist Cambodia, has played a vital role in the country’s healing and reconciliation, according to the newly appointed coadjutor apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh.

In a historic moment for the Catholic Church in Cambodia, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Msgr. Pierre Suon Hangly as the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom Penh on June 28.

In a remarkable gesture of interreligious solidarity, His Eminence Dr. Yon Seng Yeath, the highest representative of His Holiness Samdech Preah Agga Maha Sangharajadhipati Nun Nget, the Great Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Cambodia, led a delegation of 42 Buddhist monks to offer prayers for the late Pope Francis at the Phnom Penh Vicariate Pastoral Center.

Don’t turn children with autism into a business,” urged Many Phok, director of the Growing Special Education School (GSES), as she delivered a heartfelt message to over 1,000 attendees during the World Autism Awareness Day event at Jesus Child Parish in Boeung Tumpun on April 2 in Phnom Penh.

Father François Ponchaud, a member of the Paris Foreign Missions (MEP) society, who had served the Catholic Church in Cambodia for 56 years, died at 85 on January 17, 2027.

The Catholic Church and other religious communities observed the National Interfaith Day Against Trafficking in Persons on August 20, 2024, with the theme "Moral Education Through Religions to Prevent Trafficking in Persons in the Digital Era."

Neak Leung Parish, the oldest in Kampong Cham Prefecture, celebrates its 160th anniversary.

Theresa Khem Sokha professed her first vows in sister of Lovers of the Cross.

Sophal Phon, a director of St. Paul Institute, said, "the most important purpose of this seminar is to want students and participants to create small projects in researching according to their institutions at the end of the workshop."

The bishop said that these nine ways, although we cannot find Jesus with our own eyes, it is a way for us to know that our lives are connected to the presence of God, and in our faith, we know that Jesus exists in our lives and travels with us daily.

"Now we think of the Synodal Church, which the Pope wants us to think of as God's people baptized and into the great family of God," Enrique Figaredo said.

The tournament features the Deaf Youth Football Team and the All-Season Flower Football Team of celebrity (a Cambodian comedy team)

The report explored religious and ethnic identity and attitudes towards other religions; and different patterns of religious belief and practice across religious communities and countries.

Cambodia celebrates a historic occasion on September 17, 2023, following the addition of the Koh Ker Temple to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Coco de Takeo, a Phnom Penh Vicariate social enterprise, will compete in the National Entrepreneurship Awards in November 2023.

H.E. San Vathana said, “The Catholic church has contributed a lot to Cambodian society today, especially in the field of education from kindergarten to higher education, boarding for young people, health care shelter, scholarship programs for students and charity works.”

Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, ordained Martin Damo Chour as the Society of Jesus' first Khmer priest on August 19.

The agricultural sector has played a significant role in facilitating the conversion of residents of Chheuteal Hamlet to Catholicism.

"I cook food for people to eat," said Kong, a Christian convert from Cambodia.

Cambodian Catholics break ground for the new church building.