The Catholic Church in Pakistan has expressed concern over a verdict delivered by the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on March 25, 2026, which validated the marriage of a 14-year-old Christian girl to a 40-year-old man.
The Laudato Si’ Movement has opened worldwide registration for its 2026 Laudato Si’ Animators Formation Program, inviting people of faith to deepen ecological conversion and take concrete action in caring for our common home.
The 20th General Body Meeting of the Vincentian Family in India was held from February 19 to 21 at Mokama, Bihar, in eastern India. The gathering marked a significant step in strengthening unity, collaboration, and mission among Vincentian branches across the country.
In a significant and controversial development in the long-running investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka arrested the former Director General of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Suresh Sallay, on February 25.
The Indonesian Province of the Order of the Holy Cross (OSC), known as the Province of Christ the Savior, formally opened its centennial year on February 15 with a Eucharistic celebration at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Bandung, West Java.
A total of 119 children and youth from four ministries of the Brothers of Saint Aloysius (CSA) in Indonesia’s Java region gathered from February 20 to 22 at the St. Aloisius Junior High School Dormitory complex in Turi, Sleman Regency, in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.
Fr. Wickrama Fonseka, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for his social activism and medical service to the poor, passed away on February 24.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the 1986 People Power uprising, Bishop Gerardo Alminaza called on Filipinos to move beyond commemorating history and instead practice what he described as “People Responsibility” in confronting present-day injustices.
Participants and Church delegations gathered on Feb. 24 at the Divine Word College of Calapan (DWCC) in Calapan City, the capital of Oriental Mindoro province, Philippines, for “EDSA 40: Pilgrimage March Against Corruption.” Many wore white T-shirts as a symbol of patriotism and unity.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, the Philippine Carmelite Province of St. Titus Brandsma renewed its commitment to stand with the poor and denounce corruption, during its 5th Provincial Chapter at the Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila on February 25.
The Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore in southern India launched the Archdiocesan Academy for Competitive Examinations (A2CE) on Feb. 19 to prepare Christian students for state and central government competitive examinations.
The annual feast of Mother Mary of Kanjabaida was celebrated on February 22 with deep faith and devotion at the popular Marian shrine in the Diocese of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
Archbishop Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão of Goa and Daman, southwest India, presided over a Eucharistic celebration on February 23 to bless the new tabernacle at the Cloistered Carmelite Monastery in Chicalim, Goa.
On 22 February 2026, Fr Myron Barreto, a priest of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in southwest India was elected President of the Dalgado Konkani Akademi—a prominent institution dedicated to the promotion of Konkani in the Roman script.
Thousands of faithful from across the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in southwest India took part in the 8th Annual Walking Pilgrimage (Bhavarthachi Yatra) on February 22, the First Sunday of Lent, at the Old Sancoale Church in Goa.
The United Christian Forum (UCF) has welcomed the recent interim order of the Supreme Court of India directing an immediate halt to the illegal exhumation of Christian graves in the central indian state of Chhattisgarh. The Forum expressed hope that this strong judicial intervention will put an end to the disturbing and inhuman practice of forcibly unearthing the bodies of deceased Christians in several tribal villages.
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in Sri Lanka commemorated the 200th anniversary of their official recognition by the Holy See with a Thanksgiving Mass recently at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Maradana, Colombo.
Forty years after the 1986 People Power Revolution, Philippine Church leaders say the anniversary is not only about recalling a peaceful uprising but also about shaping how a new generation understands its meaning.
On 19 February 2026, St. Theresa High School, St. Estevam, in Goa, southwest India, observed National Science Day with the sixth edition of its annual science programme, SCIENTASTICA 6.0.
