On August 22, the Archdiocese of Ende, Flores, Indonesia, celebrated the consecration and installation of Msgr. Paulus Budi Kleden as its new archbishop.
Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun came home from a four-day visit to Rome with nothing but hope that the Holy See would address issues being faced by the Church in China.
A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, has underscored the country’s insistence that Taiwan not be recognized as a sovereign nation in response to a question on the island democracy’s relations with the Holy See.
Christian leaders in Bangladesh held a webinar to mark the “Season of Creation” as a response to the invitation of Pope Francis for everyone to come together to care for the “common home.”
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Philippines has named Father Gerry delos Reyes, a missionary assigned in Thailand for years, as its new provincial superior in the country.
The Vatican expects to renew its interim deal with China on the appointment of bishops, as part of efforts to “normalize” the life of the Catholic Church in China, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Monday.
The Diocese of Rajshahi in Bangladesh held its 18th diocesan pastoral assembly on September 11 and 12 with the theme “We are the Responsible Stewards.”
Caritas Bangladesh held a training workshop last month to help its staff and teachers of diocesan schools learn how to make children “feel safe and attend school cheerfully.”
The apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Hong Kong has instructed members of the clergy not to include personal social and political views in their homilies.
The apostolic administrator of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong has invited Christians to “revisit the notion of the culture of life” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Archdiocese of Mandalay has reopened churches for religious celebrations following months of strict quarantine measures imposed by the government due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Archbishop Oscar Cruz, former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines and retired prelate of Lingayen-Dagupan, died on Wednesday, August 26, at the age of 85.
