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A Catholic Church in south India recently conducted a “sapling planting drive program.”

Thousands of Muslims attended the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Jami Great Mosque, Malang, East Java Province of Indonesia, on May 2, 2022.

In his special message for World Press Freedom Day (May 3), Pope Francis called journalists "those who should be appreciated for covering humanitarian wounds for the entire society."

Father Peter Ah Phung, who is the first priest among Lisu and Rawang ethnic groups celebrated his 25 years of priestly ordination on April 28, 2022.

Episcopal Commission for Christian Unity and Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) held a national training on interreligious dialogue at Christo Jyoti Pastoral Centre in the diocese of Rajshahi from 25 to 30 April.

The Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea established a religious school for grandparents to prepare them to be faithful teachers to their grandchildren.

The pilot implementation of the community schooling program of Caritas Philippines will provide young adults and out-of-school youths better access to quality basic education and stable employment.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Central Asia (CBCCA) has elected its first president during its plenary meeting in Nursultan, Kazakhstan, April 26-29, 2022.

Pope Francis has appointed a Salesian priest as the bishop of Krishnagar, West Bengal, Eastern India.

St Joseph's School and College, Bonpara in Natore district of Bangladesh arranged an ‘Iftar’ party on the occasion of Holy Ramadan on April 27, 2022.

A church-based NGO and Catholics organized an ‘Iftar’ party for Muslims in south India on April 26 with the aim to promote social solidarity.

Sister André, a member of Daughters of Charity is the world's oldest person is a French nun.

The new Coadjutor Bishop of Mawlamyine Diocese in Myanmar says the situation in the region is not peaceful and the development is still far away. 

The Indonesian Minister of Religion, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas held a meeting with seven archbishops and 15 bishops from various dioceses in Indonesia at the Catholic Center of Ambonia Diocese, Maluku Province.

An archbishop from the southern Indian state of Karnataka has come out with a strong statement following an ongoing controversy about a Christian school 'forcing students to buy Bibles and take them to class.'

The Federation of Associations of Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi organized a memorial meeting to mark the 85th birth anniversary of the Indian Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, on April 26, 2022.

A Franciscan congregation of nuns in Indonesia organized training for leaders of organizations involved in programs of children-women protection and human trafficking on April 23, 2022.

Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Indonesia's Minister of Religion, announced his journey to the Vatican to invite Pope Francis to visit the country.

Pope Francis meets a delegation of the victims of Sri Lanka’s Easter bombing, along with Sri Lankan Catholics working in Italy, and calls for authorities to reveal the truth behind the 2019 attacks.

A diocese in southwestern Myanmar released a pastoral letter calling on priests, nuns, and Catholics to promote vocations to the priesthood and religious life on April 21, 2022.