On January 7 (Tuesday), Pope Francis accepted the early resignation of Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon, following years of Vatican scrutiny regarding his ordination practices using pre-Vatican II liturgical books and other concerns.
The Catholic Church in Pakistan has its first official candidate to sainthood, a 20-year-old Akash Bashir, who blocked a suicide bomber from entering a crowded church in 2015.
Bishop Fransiskus Kopong Kung of Larantuka of Indonesia canceled this year’s
Holy Week procession due to the surge of Covid-19 cases in East Nusa Tenggara province.
A Dominican priest on March 19 bagged the “Martin Luther King Jr. Award, 2022” from Rising Christians Union (RCU) for his contribution to society in Pakistan.
Over 230 participants of Mahali ethnic groups gathered in Bangladesh to dream big for the nation’s future development. Mahali is an ethnic group in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.