Church in Asia

Salesian Father Salvatore Putzu founded "Word & Life Publications" in 1989, which has been a leading source of materials for evangelization and catechesis for young people.

The meeting was mainly devoted to the rediscovery of Christian identity and the sense of belonging to the Church.

With the creation of six new cardinals for Asia on 27 August, the number of cardinals born or carrying out their ministry in Asia rises to 21 among the 132 electors who could be called to take part in a future conclave for the election of a pontiff.

Pope Francis and Ukrainian Archbishop Borys Gudziak prayed for peace in Ukraine.

The Synod of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, gathered at Mount St. Thomas, Kerala, having received prior Papal Assent, canonically elected three new bishops.

The Catholic Church thanked and honoured the apostolic nuncio Archbishop George Kocherry for his dedicated pastoral service to the local Church in the country.

Cardinal Raphael Louis Sako reiterated to rewrite the present Constitution and law to be a democratic system based on citizenship.

The bishop of Barishal must preach the Gospel and serve people with compassion, understanding, and mercy.

Ma. Clarissa "Ilsa" B. Reyes was a sought-after speaker and facilitator who preached retreats, recollections, and workshops in various schools, colleges, and parishes around the Philippines.

“We turn again to God and search for the face of Jesus in Asia."

"FABC 50 Journeying together as peoples of Asia.”
“… and then they [the Magi] went a different way” (Mt 2:12)

Monday, 22 August 2022 at the Shrine of Blessed Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, in Bangkok, Thailand.

"At each level, the media can play a vital role in dealing with the ecological crisis," says Dr. Cynthia Moe Lobeda

The Church of Hong Kong offers its contribution in a spirit of communion to the synodal journey of the universal Church in preparation for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2021-2023)

The Catholic bishops of Asia, including the Oriental Churches, will hold their own General Conference, or plenary in person.

Holy Spirit is the wind and sail and hope pushing the Church and Synod forward.

"Seminary formation is sacred, and we must never forget what we have learned in the seminary," says Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan

"We asked the doctors at St. Mary's Hospital, Jharsuguda, and got the medicines for the flu, as we always do," said Father Rodrigues.

It was more convenient for Catholics to celebrate the feast on August 13 (Saturday) than on Monday (August 15), said Father Richard Rai, the parish priest of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral.

The keynote speaker will be Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of Propaganda Fide (also known as the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples).