St. George's Church, Phaipijang is one of the smallest Catholic villages in
Churachanpur District of Manipur state, northeast India celebrated its silver jubilee of Catholic
faith on March 17.
Iqbal Masih, a 12-year-old Catholic child activist, received a civilian award for his act of bravery and for working for the welfare of children who were forced to work in the carpet industry in Pakistan.
The Catholic Church in Pakistan has its first official candidate to sainthood, a 20-year-old Akash Bashir, who blocked a suicide bomber from entering a crowded church in 2015.
Bishop Fransiskus Kopong Kung of Larantuka of Indonesia canceled this year’s
Holy Week procession due to the surge of Covid-19 cases in East Nusa Tenggara province.
A Dominican priest on March 19 bagged the “Martin Luther King Jr. Award, 2022” from Rising Christians Union (RCU) for his contribution to society in Pakistan.
