By Santosh Digal Colombo: Taize prayer, an ecumenical form of worship, has become an integral part of the plenary assemblies of the Federation of the Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) for past 16 years. It started after Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, who was the then chairperson of the FABC Office of Evangelization,Continue Reading
By Santosh Digal Colombo: The participants of the plenary assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences took a half day break on November 30 to get to know Sri Lanka, their host country. More than 100 bishops along with FABC officials and guests went around the national capital ofContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has applauded the Catholic Church for its work among the poor in the island nation. “I very much appreciate the work accomplished by the Catholic Church on behalf of the poor in Sri Lanka. The Church has also helped promote socialContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has sought suggestions from Catholic bishops of Asia to set up a ministry for family affairs. Such a ministry is necessary to carry forward the government’s plans to foster peace and reconciliation in a nation recovering from decades of civil war. ThisContinue Reading
Deliberating on the Catholic families is “a God given moment” for the bishops to carry forward the mission of mercyContinue Reading
Sri Lanka is hosting the plenary assembly of the Asian bishops’ apex bodyContinue Reading
