This initiative addresses the dual concerns of public safety and environmental protection, resonating with communities across Asia that face similar challenges during festive periods.
Pope Francis receives a delegation of Buddhists from Thailand and reiterates Pope St. Paul VI’s feelings of profound regard for the spiritual, moral and socio-cultural treasures of the Buddhist tradition.
A human rights group based in New Delhi on June 16 submitted a memorandum to the federal minister demanding to set up national and state redressal commissions on anti-minority (religious) violence in India.
The Institute of Formation Fondacio Asia (IFFAsia) has completed the four-month (February-June) online formation program for young Catholic people from different countries in Asia.
It has been two years since the Kalay diocese could not run the Assumption Intermediate Seminary due to Covid-19 and the current political situation in Myanmar.
Bishop Justin Bernard Gnanapragasam of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, blessed and inaugurated the renovated St. Antony’s Church at Urani Palali on May 30, after 13 years it was destroyed in a civil war.
A hunter became the father of two Catholic priests. He is the first Zo tribe community to reach this rare privilege and the second in Manipur state of northeast India.
Twenty international novices—13 from Indonesia and seven from Vietnam—made their first religious vows in the Franciscan Daughters of Saint Elisabeth congregation on June 13.
An official of the Catholic Church in Macau says the church should fight against a secular-led wave of abortion and euthanasia in the former Portuguese colony.
Indian social activist Father Stan Swamy was posthumously honored with the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders 2022 on June 2, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The North East Diocesan Social Forum (NEDSSS) and Caritas India zonal office at Guwahati, Assam state, organized a joint conference on June 10 to identify areas to combat human trafficking in northeast India.
Bangladesh’s most popular Catholic pilgrimage was held at the feast of Saint Anthony de Padua at Mohipara Parish in the northern part of Bangladesh on June 13.
The United Christian Forum (UCF) has demanded urgent judicial and government intervention to check the rapid rise in incidents of violence, coercion and false arrests, traumatizing the Christian community in India.
