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Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan was elected president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on July 8 during the conference’s online plenary assembly.

The death of Indian Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, while in detention caused an outcry in India and abroad.

A ban on more than one person leaving home for non-medical reasons will apply to 10 Yangon townships starting Thursday, July 8.

Pope Francis is grateful for prayers as he recovers in hospital from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said Wednesday.

Pope Francis has written a letter to leaders of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church urging the implementation of a more uniform offering of their liturgy.

The social action arm of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh named a new executive director in the person of Mr. Sebastian Rozario.

Philippine Catholic Church leaders called on the faithful to pray for the speedy recovery of Pope Francis who underwent a scheduled surgery for colon diverticulitis on Sunday, July 4.

Religious and political leaders around the world have expressed their well-wishes and prayers for Pope Francis as he recovers in hospital from an intestinal surgery.

Italian missionary priest Adolfo L'mperio, a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, died at Lecco in Italy on July 3. He was 91.

Pope Francis has appointed Father Anthony Pascal Rebello, a Divine Word missionary priest from India, as new bishop of Francistown in Botswana in South Africa.

At least 20 of the 54 priests in the Diocese of Kalay in the country’s Sagaing region are currently sick of either COVID-19 or common flu

The Archdiocese of Mandalay has set up a new commission to address the needs of the people as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country.

Father Swamy suffered from cardiac arrest on July 4 and was put on a ventilator but he never regained consciousness

A Holy Mass to mark the first death anniversary of Father Raymond Ambroise, former executive secretary of the Office of Social Communication of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, will be held at the Home for the Disabled in Secunderabad in India where he used to serve.

The Diocese of Agartala in Tripura state in northeastern India marked “Green Sunday” on July 4 in response to Pope Francis’ call to protect the environment.

A community of Myanmar people in Australia launched a fund-raising event for displaced families back home on June 19.

Pope Francis has appointed a Bangladeshi priest, Lingku Lenard Gomes, as secretary to the apostolic nunciature in Panama.

A Vatican spokesman said the Holy Father reacted well to the surgery done under general anesthesia

Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of Phnom Penh joined in relief distribution efforts this week for people who were displaced after authorities decided to ban so-called floating homes in Cambodia.

Pope Francis said Friday that there “cannot and must not” be any opposition between faith and science.