The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Episcopal Commission on Youth has encouraged dioceses across the country to send representatives to the National Youth Day (NYD), which is scheduled for June 10 to 14, 2025.
While hand washing and social distancing have been implemented around the globe as tools to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, refugees face challenges in putting these recommendations into practice, said one relief agency worker.
Maryknoll priest Robert Astorino, founder of the Union of Catholic Asian News, died June 25 at a hospital near the mission society’s headquarters in New York State in the United States.
Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng, prelate of Lashio diocese in Myanmar’s Shan State, handed over to his successor, Coadjutor Bishop Lucas Jeimphaug Dau Ze, the pastoral responsibility over the diocese in simple ceremonies on June 24.
Violence against children during the armed conflict in Myanmar’s central Rakhine State has been on a sharp rise, despite urgent calls from the UN Secretary General for a global ceasefire to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis has appealed to the faithful to be more aware of the need to protect refugees and migrants as the number of those infected by the coronavirus disease continues to soar.
A village in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on June 19 witnessed heartrending scenes at the funeral of a Catholic young man, who was among 20 soldiers killed in the India-China border clashes.
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a report Tuesday recommending a “binding agreement” between the United States and Pakistan, with the goal of encouraging Pakistan to improve its treatment of religious minorities.
With a new 200-page document, the Vatican is encouraging Catholics to put their faith into action to promote integral ecology and care of creation, following the inspiration of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’.
The Diocese of Rajshahi, through Caritas, was able to provide help to poor households in the region that are most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The awards were given for outstanding services rendered by these individuals to society at large. They include Fr. Denzil Fernandes SJ, Fr. M.D Thomas, Mr. A C Michael and Mrs. Anna Pinto.
Archbishop Moses Costa of the Archdiocese of Chittagong tested positive for the new coronavirus disease, the first known member of the clergy in Bangladesh to be infected with the disease.
A group of church workers from the Bosco Educational and Development Society in Mohanlalganj-Lucknow District in Uttar Pradesh, India, has provided much-needed help to a village of “snake charmers.”
During his Sunday Angelus on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Pope Francis turned to the day’s reading, in which Saint Paul describes the Eucharistic celebration.
Myanmar confirmed its commitment to address child labor by ratifying the International Labor Organization’s Minimum Age Convention on June 8, days ahead of the observance of World Day Against Child Labor on June 12.
I am always near to you, as my heart reaches out to all Brazilians. Pope Francis also extended his affection and prayers to the nation as a whole, and not merely to Christians.
Top US State Department officials have singled out China as one of the world’s worst offenders of religious freedom because it had subjected religious minorities to imprisonment and forced labour.
