On August 22, the Archdiocese of Ende, Flores, Indonesia, celebrated the consecration and installation of Msgr. Paulus Budi Kleden as its new archbishop.
The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh’s Dinajpur region opened the observance of the “Season of Creation” with prayers on September 2.
Catholic faithful in a parish in the outskirts of Jakarta in Indonesia continue to wait for the government to approve a proposal, which was submitted 14 years ago, to build their parish church in honor of Mother Teresa.
The Catholic Church in Bangladesh marked the 44th death anniversary of Theotonius Amal Ganguly, a Servant of God, at St. Mary's Cathedral Church in Dhaka on Sept. 2, 2021.
Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila led the opening of the “Season of Creation” with the celebration of the Holy Mass at the Manila Cathedral on Wednesday, September 1.
The Family Rosary Ministry Team of Bangladesh’s Rajshahi diocese organized a one-day seminar on the Holy Rosary at St. Paul’s church in the parish of Katadanga last week.
The Claretian missionaries re-elected Indian Father Mathew Vattamattam, CMF, as its new superior general during the congregation’s general chapter in Rome on August 30.
Youth animators of the Salesian Province of Tiruchy in India’s Tamil Nadu state organized a training workshop on digital media for youth animators on August 21.
A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines announced 40 days of fasting and penitence as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.
Indian Catholic priest Benedict Aguiar, one of the “founding fathers” of the Indian Catholic Press Association, died on Thursday, August 26. He was 95 years old.
A parish church in Myanmar has been converted into a COVID-19 treatment center to augment public and private hospitals that have been inundated with patients in recent weeks.
The Archdiocese of Ranchi in India responded to the challenge of the “new normal” during the pandemic by launching new communication initiatives to reach out to the community.
The Cathedral parish in the Diocese of Pathein in Myanmar distributed food supplies — rice, onions, oil, salt, eggs — to poor parishioners on August 22.
The Risen Christ Church in Bosco Ashram, Ponnur, in Andhra Pradesh, celebrated its silver jubilee on August 18 with a gathering of priests, religious sisters, and the faithful from various sub-stations.
Catholic priests in the city of Bangkok responded to the call of Pope Francis to go to the “peripheries” and be with the most vulnerable, especially during the pandemic.
An Italian missionary priest who established cooperative credit unions in parishes across Bangladesh died on Wednesday, August 11, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 77.
