The Catholic faithful in Maoming, Guangdong Province, joyfully celebrated the reopening of their parish church on August 23, after years of closure for major restoration works.
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.
The Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea received a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis in anticipation of the World Youth Day in their country in 2027.
