Student hackers from Assumption Antipolo formally launches the PASAHero Movement, a commuter safety initiative developed during MISSION POSSIBLE Philippines Youth Social Hackathon. #Catholic #SynodGoodPractice #Commuting #Youthaction #Synod #Synodality www.licas.news/2025/12/19/c...

The gathering, organized by ROOTS Asia, the Catholic Network of Indigenous Peoples of Asia, featured presentations exploring how local cultures, Indigenous wisdom, and ecological concerns can shape synodal practices in the Church. #Biomes #IndigenousWisdom #Rice www.licas.news/2025/12/17/b...

Caritas Indonesia has expanded its humanitarian response by deploying psychologists, doctors, and additional volunteers to assist survivors of flash floods, landslides, and extreme weather. #Catholic #SocialAction #Aid #Sibolga #Sumatra #Padang #Medan www.licas.news/2025/12/12/c...

Thai bishops warn of casualties and displacement as border fighting with Cambodia intensifies from sporadic gunfire to the use of heavy weapons, and Church relief efforts expand on both sides of the border. #Catholic #Caritas #CBCT #Chanthaburi #Surin #Trat #Sisaket www.licas.news/2025/12/12/t...

A Philippine Catholic vicariate has folded renewable energy into its pastoral calendar, elevating clean and affordable power to a mission priority amid an energy crisis. “The Church must be a model: parishes lit by the sun, schools powered by solar.” #Calapan #Hope www.licas.news/2025/12/10/c...

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP) reported serving 30 million people in 2024, outlining €1.65 billion in global social investment across 18,000 projects and 5,000 special programs in 155 countries. #Catholic #Aid #SocialAction #Mangyan #Vincentians #community www.licas.news/2025/12/09/c...

“Let us overcome hatred, protect human dignity, engage in relationship with one another, pursue universal fraternity, and work toward a world without discrimination, where the justice and love of the Lord are realized.” #Catholic #Hanguk #Seoul #Korea #Hopetelling www.licas.news/2025/12/05/s...

Cardinal Stephen Chow, S.J., marks four years as Hong Kong bishop, urging deeper dialogue, wider participation, and renewed commitment to a changing Church. #Catholic #ReligiousFreedom #ReligiousEducation #Immigration www.licas.news/2025/12/05/h...

Capuchin friars in northern Sumatra in Indonesia have opened their monasteries to families displaced by last week’s deadly floods and landslides, as Church workers struggle to reach cut-off communities still waiting for aid. #NaturalDisaster #Catholic #Senyar #Cyclone www.licas.news/2025/12/04/c...

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has stepped up emergency relief after Cyclone Ditwah triggered deadly landslides across the country’s central tea highlands, flattening entire slopes and cutting off mountain towns. #Flooding #NaturalDisaster #Monsoon #CycloneDitwah www.licas.news/2025/12/03/s...

“This was more than a natural phenomenon; it was God’s gentle assurance that even in storms of injustice, corruption, and uncertainty, hope remains possible, and new beginnings are real.” #Caritas #Philippines #Rainbow #Hopetelling #Catholic #Humanitarian #SocialAction www.licas.news/2025/12/02/n...

The four-day gathering, held under the theme “The Great Pilgrimage of Hope: Journeying Together as People of Asia … ‘and they went a different way’ (Mt 2:12),” brought together around 900 participants from 32 countries. #Catholic #AsianMissionCongress #Evangelization www.licas.news/2025/12/01/t...

“Blessed are the peacemakers” #PopeLeoXIV #Vatican #Pontifex #PilgrimsofPeace #Lebanon #Beirut #Peace #Catholic #PilgrimsofHope #Pontiff www.licas.news/2025/12/01/p...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle called on Asian Catholics to reclaim the humility and courage of the Magi, warning Church leaders against the fear-driven attitudes embodied by Herod as the Great Pilgrimage of Hope opened in Penang, #Malaysia #PilgrimsofHope #Hope #Chito www.licas.news/2025/11/28/a...

Speaking online to more than 15,000 teenagers gathered for a national Catholic youth event in Indianapolis, Pope Leo encouraged young people to grow in friendship with Jesus Christ and to use digital tools in ways that strengthen, not weaken, their humanity. #human www.licas.news/2025/11/27/p...

The appeal for spiritual support came as authorities continued to confront the scale of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. #TaiPo #Catholic #Prayer #RIP #WangFookCourt www.licas.news/2025/11/27/h...

“The sanctions are having an effect, but instead of harming the regime, they are primarily affecting the North Korean population.” #Catholic #Caritas #Seoul #Hanguk #Pyongyang #Swiss #NGO ##Zellweger #KorAid www.licas.news/2025/11/24/v...

The prayer was the fruit of a broad participatory process - instead of drafting the text through experts alone, they opened a synodal process that brought together young people, clergy, religious, and lay collaborators. #WYD2027 #Catholic #Synodality #Hanguk #Seoul www.licas.news/2025/11/24/w...

Catholic leaders from the Global South have spent the first week of COP30 pressing governments to confront the widening gap between climate pledges and the lived realities of communities already experiencing environmental collapse. #LaudatoSi #climateaction #bluezone www.licas.news/2025/11/20/g...

The crowd at Bangkok’s National Stadium on November 8 was electric. More than 20,000 spectators filled the stands, with thousands more even sitting along the running track, to witness an unexpected spectacle. #Hopetelling #football #soccer #Thailand #Monthong #หมอนทอง​ www.licas.news/2025/11/11/t...

“Our position is clear: This plant will not bring energy security, but will add risks, pollution, higher electricity costs, and greater suffering for poor consumers” #Atimonan #Philippines #Catholic #Environment #Banahaw #Lucena www.licas.news/2025/11/14/p...

A highlight was Bishop Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản’s 44‑kilometer pilgrimage on foot from the diocesan chancery to the shrine, completed over two days, symbolizing the synodal path and the witness of the martyrs. #Catholic #Vietnam #Jubilee2025 #PilgrimsofHope #Hopetelling www.licas.news/2025/11/14/t...

Phramaha Thongrattana Thavorn, a revered Thai Buddhist monk and long-time friend of the Focolare Movement, died on Nov. 10 after a battle with cancer. “Religions must not compete but collaborate for the good of humanity.” #Focolare #Interfaith #Unity #LuceArdente #RIP www.licas.news/2025/11/12/b...

Even after seeing tidal floods destroy homes and livelihoods, Sr. Vincentia Sabarina and those around her are not the kind to give up. #Indonesia #Catholic #ReligiousSisters #Mangroves #Environment #LaudatoSi www.licas.news/2025/11/10/t...

Our readiness to help and our solidarity define who we are as a people,” said Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, president of Caritas Philippines, the humanitarian and development arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. #Typhoon #Cebu #Tino #Kalmaegi #cbcp www.licas.news/2025/11/06/p...

Cambodia and Thailand have begun implementing a disarmament agreement brokered by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), marking a significant step toward easing tensions along their border after a month of clashes earlier this year. #Hopetelling #Peace www.licas.news/2025/11/05/a...

Francesco Sforza, the Vatican’s official photographer and one of the most discreet yet enduring witnesses to papal history, has retired after decades of service capturing some of the most iconic moments in the life of the Church. #Vatican #Catholic #PopeFrancis www.licas.news/2025/11/03/f...

Thai Buddhist and Catholic leaders joined a global peace gathering in Rome, echoing Pope Leo XIV’s call: “Enough of war", sharing the conviction that “peace is worth the risk.” #Vatican #Pontiff #Pontifex #Thailand #Buddhism #Catholicism #Hopetelling #PilgrimsofHope www.licas.news/2025/10/30/t...

Faith-based groups in North Sumatra have joined Indigenous Sihaporas farmers in their decades-long struggle to reclaim ancestral lands from pulp and paper company PT Batak Toba Lestari (BTL). #Catholic #ReligiousSisters #Indonesia #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousRights www.licas.news/2025/10/28/f...

At the MISSION POSSIBLE Philippines, young people didn’t just share opinions – they designed real solutions. For one team, that meant turning a “safety pin” concept into a lifeline for commuters — proof that when youth are trusted, they build more than ideas, they build hope. tinyurl.com/457dy8bv

The Salesians of Don Bosco in Gujarat have launched a 100-day awareness campaign to eradicate child marriage, a persistent problem in India despite existing laws prohibiting it. #Catholic #Safeguarding #ChildrensRights #India #SDB #BalVivahMuktBharat #Religious www.licas.news/2025/10/23/s...

“Our communities have rediscovered what mission really means—to become smaller, simpler, poorer. In that poverty, not structures but presence; not efficiency but fidelity; not numbers but witness.” #Catholic #Jesuit #Myanmar #SocietyofJesus #WorldMissionSunday #Rome www.licas.news/2025/10/21/j...

The event, held in Jakarta, gathered theologians, philosophers, and social scientists who urged Catholic universities to act as “communities of truth” and moral beacons amid growing corruption, intolerance, and the erosion of public trust. #Indonesia #UnikaAtmaJaya www.licas.news/2025/10/17/i...

A tremendous sense of excitement is sweeping across Papua New Guinea (PNG) as the country anticipates the canonization of Blessed Peter To Rot on Sunday, October 19, marking him as PNG’s first recognized saint. #Catholic #Sainthood #Marriage #Polygamy #Salesian #SDB www.licas.news/2025/10/16/f...

Through the Office of Papal Charities, known as ‘s “Pope Leo’s first aid service,” 5,000 doses of antibiotics have been sent to Gaza for children, who are among those most affected by 2 years of conflict. #Vatican #Catholic #Hopetelling #PopeLeoXIV #HolySee #Pontifex www.licas.news/2025/10/15/p...

Cardinal William Goh of Singapore has urged Catholics to look to migrants as examples of faith and courage, calling them “missionaries of hope” whose resilience can renew the Church’s missionary spirit. #Catholic #Hopetelling #PilgrimsofHope #PopeFrancis www.licas.news/2025/10/15/m...

Thailand’s Department of Religious Affairs (DRA) has launched an investigation into a Protestant church accused of performing a controversial “exorcism by fire” ritual, which claims that invoking the “fire of the Holy Spirit” can drive out demons or evil spirits. www.licas.news/2025/10/13/t...

Since September 22, 2025, the mass evacuation in Gaza forced Caritas Jerusalem to suspend operations at five of its ten medical points, including its main medical center. #Hopetelling #Peace #Catholic #HolyLand #RedCross #ICRC @caritasintbe.bsky.social www.licas.news/2025/10/10/c...

“I share the desire of my beloved predecessor that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and his summons to care for the poor.” #PopeLeoXIV #Vatican #PopeFrancis #Hopetelling #Catholic #PilgrimsofHope #DilexiTe www.licas.news/2025/10/10/p...

“Big changes in the world always come from small steps.” A Catholic scholar’s interfaith project in Thailand’s Deep South wins top honors for promoting justice, peace, and reconciliation. #InterfaithFriendsProject #Hopetelling #HumanRights #Peace #Mahidol www.licas.news/2025/10/07/c...

“Planting a tree means planting hope. We want to leave a small mark of love for our Earth and our Church.”- a youth participant of the 3-day Jubilee, themed “Young People Walking with God, Proclaiming a Hope That Never Disappoints.” #Catholic #Indonesia #Jubilee2025 www.licas.news/2025/10/07/d...

A Thanksgiving Mass celebrating the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and the Holy See was held for the first time at St. Peter’s Basilica. #Vatican #Unity #Diversity #HolySee www.licas.news/2025/10/06/v...

The transition for the Swiss guards with Leo XIV has been “very easy” — even though the pope’s security team has noticed an increasing number of stuffed animals being thrown at him during public events. #Vatican #Pontiff #Catholic #CuddlyToys #Rome #Uniform www.licas.news/2025/10/03/p...

Pope Leo XIV has extended his prayers and heartfelt sympathies to the victims of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippines earlier this week, as the death toll rose to 72. #Catholic #Cebu #Bogo #Earthquake #Caritas www.licas.news/2025/10/02/p...

The newly installed Archbishop of Cebu, Archbishop Alberto Uy, expressed his closeness to the victims of the earthquake and urged the Catholic faithful to pray “for calmness and strength in the midst of these trials.” #Philippines #NaturalDisaster #Daanbantayan #Bogo www.licas.news/2025/10/01/d...

When Tropical Storm Bualoi ripped through the Philippines, it flattened homes and families were left stranded. Yet before the roads were cleared and government teams could arrive, the local Catholic community had already mobilized. #Hopetelling #volunteers #VMSDFI www.licas.news/2025/09/30/i...

“With empathy, ‘we can meet in the dialogue and start with a common, shared humanity.’” #Catholic #Hopetelling #Synodality #Hongkong #Australia #PilgrimsofHope #Jubilee2025 www.licas.news/2025/09/29/e...

Dozens of Lamtoras Indigenous People were injured Sept. 22 when around 300 workers and security officers of PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL) allegedly attacked villagers defending their customary land in Buttu Pangaturan, North Sumatra. #Catholic #Capuchin #IndigenousRights www.licas.news/2025/09/25/c...

“Because their disability is invisible, the Church often unintentionally overlooks the Deaf. Many Catholics with hearing issues have not received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for years.” #deafcommunity #deafawareness #signlanguage #Thailand #Hopetelling #Pastoral www.licas.news/2025/09/25/b...

A Philippine bishop cautioned that the fight against corruption must not end with one-day protests, but demands a “deep and lasting commitment to fight for justice and accountability.” #Catholic #Philippines #Caritas @caritaseuropa.bsky.social #CaritasAsia #CBCP www.licas.news/2025/09/23/p...