In a symbolic gesture, 15 adult candidates stood at the closed church door, wearing black and white clothes requesting to seek baptism and be part of the Christian community. A priest opened the church door and asked: What can I help you? The candidate responded, “I ask to enter the church.” The ceremony was held at Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church in Phnom Penh city on February 20.
Cambodians who fled to Vietnam during the 1970 war returned to their native place after twenty years. But it took almost two decades to build a new church in the Pourti Ban, in Koh Thom district of Kandal province, 60 km south of Phnom Penh.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Haiti has appealed to politicians, state actors, and armed gangs to prevent the country from stopping Haiti's 'descent into hell.’
The Santa Odilia Catholic Church, together with several other religious organizations, the government, and other social elements, worked hand in hand to build a livable house for Juned, a poor resident of Ciakar, Tangerang, Indonesia.
An Indonesian Catholic youth has been nominated for Kick Andy Heroes recognition. Albertus Gregory Tan, better known as "Greg," became one of the nominees of Kick Andy Heroes 2022.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, training of catechists as frontliners of faith continues in Butuan City in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
The social development center in the Agartala diocese of Tripura in northeastern India organized a health camp for children with disabilities and their parents on February 17.
The 2022 SIGNIS World Congress (SWC) hosted in Seoul is the world's first Catholic event to be held in the 'Metaverse,’ enabling many Catholics around the world to participate in and enjoy the events in real-time.
Priests completing ten years of their priestly ordination gathered at the alma mater Bago Minor Seminary in the Archdiocese of Yangon from February 11-13, 2022.
A homeless mother with two children received a new house, thanks to Don Bosco Arts and Science College volunteers at Angadikadavu in Kerala’s Kannur district.
Myanmar’s Pathein diocese cancels a planned physical meeting of the Catholic Mother Association, as participants express the grief of meeting one another for a long time.
Environmental problems happen all over Indonesia, even in Tanjung Selor, one of the country's most remote dioceses, which borders directly on Malaysia.
On February 14, 28 couples joined in the holy sacrament of matrimony in Aung Nan Cathedral in the diocese of Myitkyina, Myanmar. But due to Covid Pandemic and political situation, many couples missed the opportunity to tie the knot. Although some couples are already married according to the common law (traditional way), they are yet to celebrate it in a church setting.
