On Good Friday evening, April 18, 2025, the faithful of Signa gathered in a solemn procession to commemorate the Passion of Christ through a deeply moving Via Crucis (Way of the Cross).
This year 12 diocesan priests from different dioceses of Bangladesh celebrated their silver Jubilee anniversaries at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Bonpara on April 20 and Maria Virgo Potens Church Borni on April 22, 2022.
At the special invitation of Pope Francis, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, and a group of 56 others, including the bishops of Sri Lanka, left for the Vatican, April 22.
Timor-Leste held presidential elections recently. The independence leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has been re-elected president of Timor-Leste for a second term.
Father Thomas Taam Chak Wing, a veteran missionary and the former rector of St Teresa's Church in Sarawak, Sibu Diocese, Malaysia, passed away. He was 98.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) - Episcopal Commission on Liturgy will organize the virtual ‘Liturgy Conference 2022’ from April 26 to 29, 2022.
Pope Francis granted the Pontifical Coronation of the 422-year-old miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio of Boljoon, Cebu, Philippines.
Pope Francis reappointed Archbishop Romulo Valles of Davao as member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW).
At the UN climate conference in November 2022, River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN), and Ecojesuit will organize a two-day virtual event on “Culture-based solutions: indigenous responses to biodiversity challenges.”
Bridget Tan, a long-time campaigner for the rights of migrant workers and founder of the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), died on April 18. She was 73.