Close on the heels of Pope Francis' visit to Iraq, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) and the Catholic University in Erbil have come together to help young students forced from their homes by ISIS to rebuild their dreams.
Despite difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the first batch of students has joined classes as the new 2022 academic year started.
The Council of the Laity of the Philippines (Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas) will hold a virtual “Walk for Life.”
It promotes the value of life and family through a noble sacrifice towards a developed Philippine nation. The purpose of the event is to defend marriage, family and encourage the culture of life.
On February 26, 2022, the event will be from 9:00 am - 10:30 am (local time) via Zoom and Facebook Live.
Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Dr. Aloysius John on February 22 visited Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Caritas Asia President Dr. Benedict Alo D’Rozario and others accompanied John on a six-day-long (till February 26) visit to Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country.
A Jesuit university in the eastern Indian state of Odisha will organize an international webinar on prayer for bishops, priests, nuns, Catholics, and others on February 26.
The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization launches a competition open to all, for the creation of the Official Logo for the Jubilee 2025. The contest begins on Tuesday, 22 February and ends on Friday, 20 May, 2022.
Members of the Catholic Mother Association in Myanmar’s Diocese of Pathein struggle to connect online via Zoom. Most of the mothers were new to using Zoom video conferencing and joined the meeting with less knowledge to operate the App and add to it; there was internet disruption in some areas.
Myanmar’s Pathein diocese had canceled a planned physical meeting of the Catholic Mother Association. The Zoom meeting was held on February 19.
Associates of Mary Queen of the Apostles, commonly known as SMRA sisters, organized a seminar on Human Trafficking at Bottombly Home Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 8.
Pope Francis has appointed Father Maurice Nyunt Wai as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Mawlamyine. The official announcement of his appointment is made public on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at noon Rome Time (5:30 p.m. Myanmar Time).
People of all ages in Rajshahi city met at the festival to get free books to mark International Mothers Language Day at Circuit House Road in Rajshahi on February 21.
The hurricane "seroja" that struck Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, on April 4, 2021, destroyed buildings and the surrounding environment and left deep trauma for the people.
Notwithstanding the pandemic and political crisis, the Burmese people show hospitality honesty and offer charitable donations to alleviate their suffering neighbours.
People’s income is dwindling as unemployment increases with rick taking up government jobs, banks shutting down business slowing.
Myanmar people are protesting in what is now being called as Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).
Myanmar Catholics in Nyaung Lan Gone village were overjoyed with the visit of Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye, the Auxiliary Bishop of Yangon on February 20. It was a historical day for the Catholics of the sub-parish to see a bishop for the first time after about a hundred years.
In a symbolic gesture, 15 adult candidates stood at the closed church door, wearing black and white clothes requesting to seek baptism and be part of the Christian community. A priest opened the church door and asked: What can I help you? The candidate responded, “I ask to enter the church.” The ceremony was held at Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church in Phnom Penh city on February 20.
Cambodians who fled to Vietnam during the 1970 war returned to their native place after twenty years. But it took almost two decades to build a new church in the Pourti Ban, in Koh Thom district of Kandal province, 60 km south of Phnom Penh.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Haiti has appealed to politicians, state actors, and armed gangs to prevent the country from stopping Haiti's 'descent into hell.’
The Santa Odilia Catholic Church, together with several other religious organizations, the government, and other social elements, worked hand in hand to build a livable house for Juned, a poor resident of Ciakar, Tangerang, Indonesia.
An Indonesian Catholic youth has been nominated for Kick Andy Heroes recognition. Albertus Gregory Tan, better known as "Greg," became one of the nominees of Kick Andy Heroes 2022.
