Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and Archbishop of Goa, officially assumed office as the President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) on January 1, 2025.
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 construction of these places of worship aimed to strengthen the faith of the people and make it easier for people of different faiths to get along with each other.
The purpose of the SWC was to raise awareness of the importance of peace in the backdrop of global wars and conflicts, and the culture of friction and hate in the digital world is seriously threatening the value of peace.
"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
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).
In India, " Raksha Bandhan” is observed to celebrate the bonds of love that exist among brothers and sisters (either among biological siblings or otherwise).
"We will do regular monitoring to see agricultural developments in the group and also each member," said Father Maxi Sikone, director of Caritas Atambua.
Media had been playing a robust role in conflicts and peacemaking in the digital village of the interconnected world, says FABC President, Cardinal Charles Bo.
Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, addresses this year's SIGNIS World Congress in Seoul, recalling that "the only way to respond to the challenge of technology is not to think of it as an idol."
