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Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli has been appointed to Croatia by Pope Leo XIV on March 21, bringing to a close his five-year mission as Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal.

On this feast day, St Joseph invites us to reconsider what it means to be great. Not in prominence, but in presence. Not in recognition, but in responsibility. Not in words, but in witness.

This Lent, let us reflect on how we have lived. Death is not an end, but a passage into eternal life for those who die in grace. Now we see through the eyes of faith; one day, we will see God face to face.

Pope John Paul II was one such life. He was a man of deep prayer and immense courage, but also of wit, culture, energy, and remarkable human warmth.

“When the water of baptism touched my head, it felt like stepping into a completely new life,” according to the convert.

Love in Action is a small film with a large conscience. In just three minutes, it quietly unsettles the comfortable spaces we build around ourselves.

During St. John Paul II's first pastoral visit to the country in 1981, the pope visited the RVA auditorium in Manila on February 21. Standing before microphones that carried broadcasts in numerous Asian languages, he addressed listeners across the continent.

As we near Holy Week, may we have the courage to confront our own temptations toward Pilate's delusion and the grace to choose, no matter the cost, the side of the condemned over the comfortable neutrality of the judge.

If he were alive today, he would have reiterated those words from his address to the UN General Assembly in 1965, "No more war, and war never again! Peace, it is peace which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind."

Women’s and girls’ rights remain incomplete without something fundamental: equal access.

What if the problem is not that the world runs out, but that we forget how to see its fullness?

On March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, a moment to honor women’s achievements and renew the call for dignity, equality, and justice.

What journeys are we creating with the things we throw away?

For nearly seven decades, the Ramon Magsaysay Award has honored individuals and organizations whose leadership has transformed lives across Asia.

Pope Paul VI, remembered as the “Pilgrim Pope,” left an enduring legacy not only through his leadership of the Catholic Church during the transformative years of the Second Vatican Council but also through his deep commitment to the Church’s missionary outreach, especially to Asia.

Young Goan journalist Frazer Andrade from Fatorda, Goa, has a collection of more than 700 artifacts reflecting Goa’s Indo-Portuguese Christian heritage.

When the Earth Breathes does not shout ecological slogans. Instead, it whispers what Laudato Si' proclaims: creation is not raw material for our dreams, it is sacred gift.

Reconciliation lies at the center of this sacred season. It is not merely about confessing sins but about rediscovering God’s mercy and allowing it to transform our lives.

On March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, a day that recognizes the achievements of women while also acknowledging the injustices they continue to endure. It is a day of gratitude, but also of reckoning.

For more than five decades, Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) has stood as the “Voice of Asian Christianity,” proclaiming the Gospel across cultures, languages, and borders.