By Matters India Reporter Yangon, May 11, 2020: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences president Cardinal Charles Maung Bo has urged people of all religions to support the appeal of religious leaders to set aside May 14 for “fasting, prayers and supplications.” “I want to encourage all to live this timeContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Yangon, Feb 8, 2020: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), appealed to brother bishops of 26 member countries to seek the intercession of Blessed Virgin Mary to stall the corona virus epidemic. Originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan, theContinue 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
By Matters India reporter Yangon, Jan. 27, 2019: Cardinal Charles Bo, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences on January 27 condemned two blasts that killed at least 20 people in a Philippines cathedral earlier in the day. “I strongly condemn this dastardly act in which brothers killed brothersContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, Jan. 4, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on January 2 mourned the death of Jesuit Father Samuel Rayan, hailing him as the “giant” of the Asian liberation theology. “It is with deep sense of sorrow and humility thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 22, 2018: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, outgoing president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), says his successor Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar is the right person to lead the Church in the region. Cardinal Bo “will take forward FABC with creativeContinue Reading
By Sr Carmel Ann Coutinho The violence that lasted for nearly four months in 2008 against Christians in Kandhamal District of Odisha state resulted in the loss of 100 lives and left more than 56,000 people homeless. Survivors claim they are facing continued denial of justice in the numerous casesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: The Climate Change Desk (CCD) and the Office of Human Development (OHD) of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in collaboration with FABC Central Secretariat, Hong Kong and the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (CBCT) are organizingContinue Reading
