Radio Veritas Asia's Myanmar listeners and producers have shared harrowing accounts of the severe hardships faced by the people following a devastating earthquake, ongoing conflicts, and critical shortages of food and water.
An Oblates missionary priest in the Philippines has been breeding rabbits for a year now to feed the poor in his parish in the outskirts of the Philippine capital.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace on Saturday, October 30, according to the Vatican. The meeting includes a 30-minute discussion between the Indian Prime Minister and the head of the Catholic Church.
wami Sachidananda Bharathi, a peace activist, has urged students to work for an India free of hunger, caste discrimination and corruption by overcoming the evil of selfishness and greed.
Thadingyut is a popular festival for Buddhists in Myanmar, even for Catholics whose relatives are Buddhists. Catholics visit their Buddhist family relations and friends during the festival. But this year, the overall public feeling is dampened due to pandemic restrictions and military coup. People living in conflict areas cannot participate in the joyous festival bringing families together.
Catholic children in Myanmar will join "One Million Children Praying the Rosary," the worldwide prayer campaign by the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), on October 18.
Father Peter Ah Phung, the program director of the Lisu language service of Radio Veritas Asia, ventured into the remotest and poorest place named Zang Yaw in the diocese of Myitkyina, Myanmar.
Caritas Bangladesh, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, has officially closed a month-long campaign for the “Season of Creation,” which began on September 1.
Pastoral leaders worry that students in rural Myanmar may get married even before their official age because schools and learning centers are closed due to the pandemic. The leaders say some students already contracted marriage who were below the mandated age.
Environmental activists and Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation (Ecoton) have built a plastic museum with 3F (Fish Fersus Flastic) in Gersik, East Java Province of Indonesia.
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, SDB, President, Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC), will inaugurate a new mobile app for Radio Veritas Asia at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Yangon, Myanmar, October 11.
