Category: federation of asian bishops’ conferences

Asian bishops commit to work with nations, NGOs for better continent

by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Asia, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, News | 0 |

Catholic bishops in Asia have committed themselves to engage with governments, nongovernmental agencies and civil organizations to respond to issues affecting the church and society in their work for a better Asia.

Asian bishops considers future paths for Church on continent of ‘complex realities’

by bcadmin | Oct 17, 2022 | Asia, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Church in Asia, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, lead, News, Tokyo | 0 |

Bishops will seek to “dialogue” with the people of Asia during the second week of the 50th anniversary meeting of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) taking place this week in Bangkok, Thailand.

Cardinal says Asian church must remain prophetic, relevant, responsive

by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Catholic News Service, CELAM, Church in Asia, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, News | 0 |

The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences must restructure itself to make the church “relevant and responsive” to the people of Asia, a top-ranking cardinal said.

Asian Church ‘exists to evangelize,’ cardinal tells bishops

by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Cardinal Charles Bo, Church in Asia, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, lead, News | 0 |

Asia’s top Catholic prelate says the real challenge for the Asian Church is to engage with the Eastern spiritual and indigenous cultures of the continent.

Pope urges Asian bishops to count on laypeople, celebrate diversity

by bcadmin | Oct 12, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, News, Pope Francis | 0 |

Pope Francis urged the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences to recognize the dignity and potential of their laypeople and to remember that the diversity that marks their cultures and churches is a gift to the church.

Bombay cardinal praised for simplicity, talent on his Silver Jubilee

by bcadmin | Sep 15, 2022 | Archdiocese of Bombay, Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Church in Asia, Church in India, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, India, lead, News | 0 |

Cardinal Charles Bo, the head of the federation of the bishops’ conferences of Asia, has called Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay a “compassionate shepherd” mark the Indian prelate’s silver jubilee.

Cardinal Bo opens FABC jubilee, speaks of Asian church at crossroads

by bcadmin | Aug 22, 2022 | Cardinal Charles Bo, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, News | 0 |

The Catholic Church in Asia stands at the crossroads of history amid poverty, climate change, political conflicts, disagreements and economic collapse, said a leading Asian church leader.

Top Asian prelate calls Hong Kong ‘a police state’ after Cardinal Zen’s arrest

by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, federation of asian bishops' conferences, Hong Kong, lead, News | 0 |

One of Asia’s top Catholic cardinals said the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen is a cause of concern “about the situation for human rights and threats to religious freedom in Hong Kong.”

Asia’s top cardinal says Hong Kong security law puts religious liberty at risk

by bcadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Catholic Church, China, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Communist Party, federation of asian bishops' conferences, Hong Kong, News | 0 |

One of Asia’s leading cardinals has said China’s new security law in Hong Kong “destroys the city’s high degree of autonomy.”

Asian cardinals give support to May 14 World Day of Prayer for Humanity

by bcadmin | May 12, 2020 | Bangladesh, Bishop Thomas Dabre, Burma, Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, COVID-19, FABC, federation of asian bishops' conferences, India, lead, Myanmar, News | 0 |

Catholic clergy in Bangladesh will mark the World Day of Prayer for Humanity with an online retreat on May 14, answering Pope Francis’s call for all religious leaders to pray during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Asia’s top cardinal: China’s ‘criminal negligence’ responsible for coronavirus pandemic

by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | Cardinal Charles Bo, Catholic Church, China, Church in Asia, Communist Party, Coronavirus, COVID-19, federation of asian bishops' conferences, Myanmar, News, second | 0 |

One of Asia’s top prelates has laid the blame for the coronavirus on the doorstep of China’s communist government, saying it has the “primary responsibility” for the pandemic which has put much of the world under lockdown.