With profound sorrow and reverence, the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh announces the passing of Pope Francis, the Sovereign Pontiff of the Universal Church, on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025.
On this solemn Good Friday, commemorating the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church in Cambodia has extended a gesture of solidarity by sending a donation to Cardinal Charles Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar on April 18.
Don’t turn children with autism into a business,” urged Many Phok, director of the Growing Special Education School (GSES), as she delivered a heartfelt message to over 1,000 attendees during the World Autism Awareness Day event at Jesus Child Parish in Boeung Tumpun on April 2 in Phnom Penh.
127 adults were called by Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, an Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, on March 8 th at St. Peter and Paul Church, at Phnom Penh Thmey, in Phnom Penh capital.
On February 24, 2025, approximately 200 priests, nuns, and faithful gathered at Saint Joseph Parish in Kdolleu to celebrate the opening of the Jubilee Year 2025 for Kampong Cham Prefecture.
From February 28 to March 2, 2025, 300 young people from Phnom Penh Vicariate participated in the Youth Pilgrimage of Hope at Dak Dam and Busra Parish in Mondol Kiri, home to the Indigenous Bunong people, located 500 km from Cambodia’s capital.
Caritas Cambodia organized the 31st Annual Staff retreat under the theme: "Pilgrims of Hope" under the guidance of the three bishops in Cambodia, which took place from 4 to 6 February at Phnom Vor Natural Paradise Resort in Kampot Province, the South of the country.
Father François Ponchaud, a member of the Paris Foreign Missions (MEP) society, who had served the Catholic Church in Cambodia for 56 years, died at 85 on January 17, 2027.
On 25 Nov, Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, United Nations Office and Specialised Agencies in Geneva voiced here last week His Holiness Pope Francis’s calls to stop producing and using landmines in the world.
