By LiCAS.news Tagaytay City, April 16, 2024: More than 30 church workers from various bishops’ conferences in Asia on April 15 ended a three-day workshop on building climate-resilient communities. The workshop, organized by the Office of Human Development – Climate Change Desk (OHD-CCD) of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ ConferencesContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, Oct 22, 2022: A unique edition of the Bible for the youth was released at the backdrop of the general assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), currently underway at Bangkok, Thailand. The special edition, named ‘Identity: Identified, Navigating the Challenges of Life,’ wasContinue Reading
By C.M. Paul Sonada: The death of Divine Word Father Franz Josef Eilers, is the end of an era in pastoral communication in Asia,. The German missionary died January 13 at the age of 89 in Manila, his base in Asia. A great communication luminary, author and teacher, Father EilersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon: In a New Year message to his countrymen, Myanmar Cardinal Charles Maung Bo points out several reasons for hope despite the global pandemic year that sowed widespread despair and unprecedented panic. The cardinal called Covid 19 as “an existential disruption,” that made some 122 millionContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi, June 26, 2020: Church groups in Asia, including the federation of the region’s Catholic bishops, on June 26 mourned the death of Maryknoll Father Robert Astorino. The pioneer in Church media in Asia was 77 and a priest for 50 years. Father Astorino, popularly knownContinue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, May 31, 2019: The head of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences has congratulated Narendra Modi on the occasion of his swearing-in as the Prime Minister of India for a second five-year term. “On behalf of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) which hasContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Yangon, April 24, 2019: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) president Charles Cardinal Maung Bo has sent a message of prayerful solidarity to Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines that was devastated by earthquakes on April 22 and 23. The first tremor, a magnitude 6.1 quake,Continue Reading
By Matters India reporter Yangon, April 17, 2019: Head of the Catholic Church in Asia has expressed solidarity with the people of France in the wake of a tragic fire that damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The devastating fire that gutted the spire and almost two thirds ofContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila, April 3, 2019: Asian Christians are better informed about the Churches in Europe and America than those in neighboring countries, says Salesian Father George Plathottam, the new executive secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Office of Social Communication (FABC-OSC). The media practitioner, who hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 17, 2019: The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) has appointed Indian priests as secretaries to two of its offices. Father Joseph Gonsalves of the Archdiocese of Bombay is the new executive secretary of the Office for Human Development (OHD). He will alsoContinue Reading
