A lay minister known for his visual arts has taken on mentoring, especially young talents like an indigenous Mangyan youth, whose painting skills offer an alternative to environmentally harmful charcoal production.
A “community pantry” set up in the village of Maginhawa in the Philippine capital inspired other villages to start their own by donating basic goods to help fellow citizens who are in need during the pandemic.
On March 17, Pope Francis launched a strong appeal for peace in Myanmar, saying during his general audience: “I too kneel down on the streets of Myanmar and say: Stop the violence. I too reach out my arms and say: May dialogue prevail!”
Radio Veritas Asia, together with local Churches in the region, continues its service as a missionary to Asia and to the world amid the challenges brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.
Processions, special liturgies, cultural programs, new hymns, and talks: the foster father of Jesus is being celebrated throughout India like never before.
Pope Francis said St. Joseph lived his vocation and mission of a guardian father with discretion, humility, in silence and in total fidelity to God’s plans.
The call of Pope Francis to care for Mother Earth has resonated with Catholic communities across India, and the Salesians of Don Bosco is one such community.
For its contribution to the history of the country and for “its crucial role in using truth to depose an oppressive and corrupt regime and restore Filipino faith in the electoral process,” Radio Veritas was given the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered as Asia’s Nobel Prize,
About 3,000 Catholics, from children to the elderly, thronged to Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Bonpara in Bangladesh's Natore district to attend the annual feast of Mother Mary.
In 2020, Pope Francis has confronted financial scandals in the Vatican and the abuse of minors and vulnerable persons by clergy, which he described as the triple abuse of power, conscience, and sex.
“Kesadanam snehadnam” (gift of hair, gift of love) is a project started by the Catholic Medical College called Amala, in Trichur, South Indian state of Kerala.
One of the prominent images of Pope Francis in 2020 was of him standing alone in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, on the cold, dark evening of March 27, 2020 — at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.