This initiative addresses the dual concerns of public safety and environmental protection, resonating with communities across Asia that face similar challenges during festive periods.
The Indonesian Catholic community has swung into action to respond to the emergency situation caused by the earthquake in Cianjur on November 21, 2022, in which 268 people died and hundreds more are still missing.
Veteran Sri Lankan actor and radio announcer Alfred Perera passed away on Nov 20 at the age of 93. He was in charge of the Sinhala division of Veritas Radio in Manila, Philippines for a while.
“56 people have perished and are currently being treated at the Cianjur District Hospital, and over 700 people have been injured," said Suharyanto, the head of the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure.
An Indian Catholic priest’s short film ‘Carlo’, directed by Father Leslie Bosco Rego, won two awards - Best Short Film Award and the Best Line Producer Award - at the Global Taj International Film Festival (GTIFF) in Agra, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on November 17.
An Indian Catholic priest’s short film has been selected for screening at the Global Taj International Film Festival (GTIFF) in Agra. The movie is about Blessed Carlo Acutis, a Catholic adolescent and amateur computer programmer best known for documenting Eucharistic miracles around the world and cataloging them on a website he created before succumbing to leukemia.
Six people, four of them children, were killed in Western Nepal during an earthquake that destroyed mud and brick houses in remote Himalayan villages of Nepal
"At the Marriage Encounter meeting, delegates share experiences and knowledge and debate key concerns, and member countries make the best decisions for the movement's overall development and progress," said the organizers of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME).
The world's religious leaders have pledged to express the spirit of unity and respect between people from different backgrounds, says communiqué of the G20 2022'.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found that between September 2012, and August 2022, a total of 263 journalists were killed because of their jobs. Global Impunity Index reveals that in 78% of the 263 incidents the killers did not get punished.
Caritas Bangladesh, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, distributed food aid to thousands of people who were affected by cyclone Sitrang in the country.
Xavier Learning Community (XLC) in Thailand was awarded the St Peter Canisius Medal during the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) conference held at Boston College in August.
