One of the most alarming human rights violations in Bangladesh during 2025 was mob violence and killings. According to Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a national legal aid and human rights organization, at least 197 people were killed in mob attacks between January and December 2025. In 2024, the number was 128.
A Jesuit-run Loyola School of Theology (LST) in Manila, Philippines, will host the second run of the International Conference on Youth Ministry (ICYM2024) from April 4 to 6.
Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril of Vijayapuram announced on March 27, 2026, that he received a decree elevating the Mount Carmel Church as a Minor Basilica from the Dicastery for Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments.
Pope referred to the woman’s question as she anxiously wondered after the burial of Jesus: Who will roll away the stone from the tomb? Then, looking up, they see that it has already been rolled back.
“We are ordained for mission, not for position. Our lives are extensions of this mission of Christ - every facet of our life and ministry should mirror this and nothing more,” said Bishop Billones.
The papal “visit to Indonesia, Singapore, Timor Leste, and Papua New Guinea has now been moved to early September,” reported America, a monthly Catholic magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States.
Archbishop Couto emphasized the importance of understanding the biblical text that anoints one to "proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord, to bring good tidings to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives, and to let the oppressed go free."
Father Takeya Motoi, SVD, worked for the Home for the Homeless in Nagoya City, Japan. He was the founder of ‘Sasashima Kyosei Kai’ (Sasashima’s Solidarity Organization) for and with the homeless in Nagoya City, Japan.
