A workshop on sacred liturgical hymns was held at the Christa Jyoti Pastoral Centre in the Diocese of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, from August 21 to 23, drawing over 70 participants, including nuns and lay music trainers.
The devotion to the Divine Mercy in the Philippines continues to grow, as seen in the increasing number of diocesan and archdiocesan Divine Mercy Shrines throughout the archipelago.
To capacitate community resilience, PSE Caritas Maumere Diocese in Flores, Indonesia, held a workshop for Mount Lewotobi eruption survivors on August 11, 2025, at Talibura, Sikka.
On August 10, senior Indian journalist Jose Kalathil received the Sargapeedam 2023 award. Kalathil, a Delhi-based journalist, has decades of experience working in India and abroad.
Some three thousand delegates from dioceses across the country are expected to arrive in Davao City beginning August 27, 2025, for the three-day Philippine Apostolic Congress on Mercy (PACOM 2025).
In commemoration of National Minority Day, the Dominican-run Peace Center in Lahore, Pakistan, together with the Christian Care Foundation, organized a conference on the theme “Celebration of Independence Day and the Role of Minorities in the Founding of Pakistan” on August 11.
During a special seminar on August 9 marking National Minority Day in Pakistan, Catholic social activist Asher Nazir was honored with the Peace and Interfaith Harmony Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to peacebuilding and interfaith dialogue.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to grant either Indian citizenship or a 10-year visa to an 80-year-old Catholic priest serving in Nongstoin, West Khasi Hills district.
In collaboration with several civil society organizations, the Council for Social Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman organized a Solidarity Meet on Aug 9 at Azad Maidan to condemn recent attacks against minorities in India.
During a solemn Eucharistic celebration at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Pondicherry–Cuddalore on Aug 3, Archbishop Francis Kalist declared Italian Jesuit missionary Constantine Joseph Beschi as a Servant of God, formally initiating the process toward his beatification and canonization.
The clergy of the Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan, celebrated the Jubilee for Priests at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on August 4. The occasion also coincided with the feast of St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (1786–1859), the French Catholic priest who is the patron of priests.
On the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, the St. Thomas Communication Centre, the Social Communications Commission of the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council, officially launched its Golden Jubilee Year. It is located in Chennai, the capital city of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) expressed its deep anguish and strongly condemned the shocking mob attack on two Catholic priests and a catechist in Jaleswar in the Balasore diocese, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, on August 6, 2025.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL) met with top government officials on August 7 to discuss sweeping education reforms set for 2026. The meeting, held at the Colombo Archdiocese’s official residence, was attended by CBCSL President Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, and bishops from across the country.
The Diocese of Balasore in Odisha is reeling after two Catholic priests, two nuns, and a catechist were violently attacked by a mob of around 70 Bajrang Dal members near Gangadhar village in Jaleswar Parish on August 6.
