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Reflection Date: December 9, 2022
Turn those malicious thoughts into something good.

Reflection Date: May 14, 2022
Since COVID-19 isn't going away any time soon, let's continue spreading the kind of love Christ wants us to have for one another.

“God can use me more than usual,” said Brother Albertus Adiwenanto Widyasworo, a doctor who is studying for the priesthood in Indonesia.

Catholic churches in Eastern India's Bihar state have opened its doors following the easing of health restrictions in the region.

A Catholic bishop in the southern Philippines announced 40 days of fasting and penitence as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.

A parish church in Myanmar has been converted into a COVID-19 treatment center to augment public and private hospitals that have been inundated with patients in recent weeks.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Semarang in Java, Indonesia, has facilitated the vaccination of a thousand residents against COVID-19 on August 21.

Pope Francis this week called for responsibility to help each other during the pandemic and even after when everyone would start rebuilding lives.

Catholic priests in the city of Bangkok responded to the call of Pope Francis to go to the “peripheries” and be with the most vulnerable, especially during the pandemic.

Young Catholics in the Diocese of Bandung in Indonesia have started a relief distribution project to help families in communities most affected by the pandemic.

She goes around the clinic in Myitkyina asking about the condition of patients. She also attends to whoever comes to the clinic for help.

The Diocese of Rajshahi in Bangladesh has been providing financial support to families most affected by the pandemic since a “lockdown” was declared in the country since July 1.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Bangkok has converted one of its schools into a 630-bed field hospital and isolation facility for COVID-19 patients as the Southeast Asian country continues to face record numbers of infections and deaths due to the pandemic.

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, led the launching of the Catholic Church’s mobile vaccination initiative on Tuesday, August 3.

Indonesia’s religious leaders have expressed support for the government’s decision to extend strict health measures in the country until August 3 due to the high number of COVID-19 cases.

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

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.

A Catholic priest died of COVID-19 in the Diocese of Kalay in Myanmar a week after two priests from the same diocese succumbed to the disease.

The Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits, marked a “day of remembrance” on June 25 to reflect on and pray for their confreres who died of the coronavirus disease.

Networking and collaboration have helped Church organizations in India make a significant contribution to the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.