Joy and gratitude marked several days of celebration in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, as the Good Shepherd Parish—under the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose (AVSJ)—was solemnly declared an SVD Perpetual Parish on January 8, coinciding with the 150th founding anniversary of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD).
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and Archbishop of Goa, officially assumed office as the President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) on January 1, 2025.
St. Francis Xavier’s Training Centre for Children with Disability of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman organised a special Eucharistic celebration at St. Francis Xavier’s Training Centre in Old Goa for visually impaired individuals.
"Don’t lose hope despite life’s challenges," Cardinal Jose Advincula urged as he launched the yearlong Jubilee Year in the Archdiocese of Manila on Monday December 30.
Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to those affected by the recent terrorist attack in New Orleans in a message sent to Archbishop Gregory Aymond of the city.
With his Asian features and average height, Mr. Bernard Wong could well be any ordinary Filipino who joined some 1,200 delegates at the World Apostolate of Fatima national convention in Landmark Trinoma in Quezon City.
The new Bishop of the Diocese of Cubao encouraged priests from all parishes to intensify the
administration of the Sacrament of Confession throughout the Jubilee Year 2025.
The archbishop of Seoul urged the faithful to spend the upcoming new year, which is a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church, dreaming of “new beginnings.”
A 50-year-old Cross on Sunday leads the Jubilee Opening in the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan (AVC) and this will be brought to the pilgrim churches in the province during the year 2025, according to the AVC social media page.
On Saturday, December 28, 2024, the Diocese of Kurnool, along with St. George Church in Kosigi and Carmel Matha Church in Sunkeswari, rejoiced as 300 children received their First Holy Communion.
On December 29, 2024, Cardinal Anthony Poola, Archbishop of Hyderabad, inaugurated the Jubilee Year 2025 in the archdiocese during a solemn ceremony at Saint Joseph Cathedral, Gunfoundry, on the feast day of the Holy Family.
