This initiative addresses the dual concerns of public safety and environmental protection, resonating with communities across Asia that face similar challenges during festive periods.
An Indian priest in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has been washing the feet of marginalized people including women for the last 30 years on Maundy Thursday.
The central Philippine archdiocese of Cebu has approved the creation of a service center in every parish that will cater to the concerns of the parishioners, especially the poor.
The episcopal ordination of Msgr Maurice Nyunt Wai as the Coadjutor of Myanmar, Mawlamyine Diocese took place in the Holy Family Cathedral of Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar on April 24, 2022.
A Catholic priest in South India washed the feet of a Muslim, women among others, to promote interreligious harmony at the Maundy Thursday ceremony, April 14, 2022.
The bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Manila released a pastoral letter for May 9, 2022 election with the title “Narito ang inyong Ina” (Here is your mother) (Jn. 19:17).
An Asian bishops’ institute—Veritas Asia Institute for Social Communication (VAISCOM)—will hold an online forum on truth and discipleship 6-8 in the evening Manila time on May 6, 2022.
The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), Bishop Virgilio S. David, recalls how the Catholic faith first arrived on Philippine shores, but with an interesting twist.
The premier show of the “Pilgrim”, an o𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 d𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 d𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 f𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 was held at Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) campus at Fairview, Quezon City compound on April 23, 2022.
The Holy See Press office stated the possible opening of a permanent pontifical office in Hanoi, in the “near future” after the meeting between the Vatican and Vietnam.
Archbishop Piero Pioppo, the Ambassador of the Holy See to Indonesia, consecrated Seno Inno Ngutra as bishop of Ambonia diocese on April 23 at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Ambon, Maluku Province.
The Directorate General of Catholic Community Guidance organized a workshop to promote tolerance and solidarity among religious and community leaders of the Sulawesi Province, April 18-21.
This year 12 diocesan priests from different dioceses of Bangladesh celebrated their silver Jubilee anniversaries at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Bonpara on April 20 and Maria Virgo Potens Church Borni on April 22, 2022.
