On August 22, the Archdiocese of Ende, Flores, Indonesia, celebrated the consecration and installation of Msgr. Paulus Budi Kleden as its new archbishop.
Catholic church leaders in the Philippines appealed to the faithful to put an end to the discrimination against people who are infected with the new coronavirus.
Catholic church leaders in the Philippines urged the faithful, especially church institutions, to respond to the coronavirus pandemic “with the eyes of faith, with the heart of charity, and with the armor of truth.”
Some Catholics in India’s southern state of Kerala have been copying the Bible by hand as they wait out the nation-wide lockdown put in place to suppress the spread of COVID-19.
Three Dominican brothers from Myanmar — Stephen Saw Lej Kapaw Htoo, Marko Thoe Reh, and Francis Bu Ling — made their solemn profession at St. Joseph’s House in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, on August 8.
A Catholic bishop in China has denied that the government plans to tear down his cathedral, after local Catholics expressed concern at Communist authorities taking over land belonging to the diocese.
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in the Indian state of Kerala establishing volunteer teams comprising priests, religious and laity willing to risk themselves so those who have died from COVID-19 can have a decent burial.
State-sponsored hackers have reportedly targeted Vatican computer networks in an attempt to give China an advantage in negotiations to renew a provisional deal with the Holy See.
An American missionary priest who spent 62 years of his life serving in Bangladesh died of the new coronavirus disease in the United States on July 26.
The Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina in the northern part of Myanmar has distributed food aid to poor families and those badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic in 25 parishes.
The Catholic bishops of Myanmar called on all warring factions in the country to put an end to all hostilities, “invest in peace,” and unite against the coronavirus pandemic.
