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λαϊκός • (laïkós) • layman (n) of the people (adj)
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Thailand’s Buddhist, Muslim, and Catholic leaders urge gratitude, unity, compassion, and peace in New Year messages broadcast nationwide. #HNY2026 #Unity #interreligious

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Thailand’s religious leaders call for gratitude, unity, and peace in New Year messages
Thailand’s Buddhist, Muslim, and Catholic leaders urge gratitude, unity, compassion, and peace in New Year messages broadcast nationwide
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January 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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"God was already there, present long before the first missionary arrived. His presence visible in the rice fields and family homes, in the quiet resilience of parents struggling to educate their children, and in the villagers’ generosity during moments of joy and grief alike."
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Reflection: Hope at peripheries as Holy Doors begin to close
As the Holy Doors in Rome close, children in Thabom daring to dream of a better future show how the door of hope remains wide open
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December 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Thousands gather at Lang Son Cathedral for Christmas vigil, as Catholics and non-Catholics share peace and hope together. #Vietnam #Xmas #Jesus #Emmanuel #Nativity #Carol #Missionary

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Christmas vigil in Vietnam draws thousands, including non-Catholics, in display of peace and shared hope
Thousands gather at Lang Son Cathedral for Christmas vigil, as Catholics and non-Catholics share peace and hope together
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December 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Telling the Christmas story in a way that feels new is no easy task, especially when the biblical narrative has been heard countless times across generations. #Catholic #CSCT #Thailand #Xmas #Jesus #BabyJesus #Bangkok #Christ

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Thai Catholic media reimagines Nativity story for Holy Year Christmas broadcast
Thai Catholic media retells the Nativity for the Holy Year through music, reflection, dialogue reaching believers, society nationwide
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December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Cardinal Jose Advincula urges Catholics to reclaim humility this Christmas, warning that wealth, power, and abuse distort faith and society. #Manila #Philippines #Catholic #Xmas #Jesus #Emmanuel #KingHerod

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Manila archbishop warns abuse of power empties Christmas of meaning
Cardinal Jose Advincula urges Catholics to reclaim humility this Christmas, warning that wealth, power, and abuse distort faith and society
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December 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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For most of her life, Norian “Ging” Rodriguez watched Christmas from the outside. This year, a small Christmas tree stands... #Catholic #Philippines #LetThemKnowItsChristmas #Homeless #Home #Vincentians #Manila #Xmas #Christmas

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Christmas tree, at last, in a home once thought impossible
After years under a bridge, a Quezon City family celebrates first Christmas at home with a long-awaited tree
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December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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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

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Catholic youths begin synodal journey to tackle commuter safety in the Philippines
Student hackers from Assumption Antipolo formally launches the PASAHero Movement, a commuter safety initiative developed during MISSION POSSIBLE Philippines hackathon.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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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

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Bangkok hosts Asian conference on synodality, Indigenous cultures, and ecology
Asian Church leaders gather in Bangkok to advance synodality, Indigenous wisdom, and integral ecology amid climate and cultural challenges
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December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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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

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Caritas Indonesia expands humanitarian response in flood-hit communities
Caritas Indonesia expands medical and food assistance as floods and landslides displace thousands across North and West Sumatra
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December 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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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

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Thailand’s Catholic bishops sound alarm as border clashes displace thousands
Thai bishops warn of casualties and displacement as border fighting with Cambodia intensifies and Church relief efforts expand
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December 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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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

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Church in Mindoro integrates renewable energy into pastoral mission
Church in Mindoro integrates renewable energy into its pastoral mission, linking faith, climate justice, and community power access
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December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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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
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Catholic network delivers €1.65B in aid, reaching 30 million people worldwide in 2024
SSVP’s 2024 report shows 30 million people served worldwide through 18,000 projects, highlighting strong programs across Asia
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December 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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“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

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South Korean bishop urges unity as Seoul seeks to revive talks with North Korea
Bishop urges empathy, dignity, and renewed commitment to reconciliation as Seoul seeks to reopen long-stalled dialogue with Pyongyang
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December 6, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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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

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Hong Kong bishop urges wider participation in church life as diocese turns 80
Cardinal Chow marks four years as Hong Kong bishop, urging deeper dialogue, wider participation, and renewed commitment to a changing Church
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December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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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

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Capuchin friars shelter hundreds as Sumatra floods worsen; Asia-wide death toll passes 1,500
Aid struggles intensify in Sumatra as friars host displaced families and Asia confronts rising deaths from severe flooding
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December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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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

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Sri Lanka Church races to aid survivors as cyclone turns tea highlands into ‘death valley’; Asia flood toll tops 1,300
Sri Lanka’s Church leads relief as Cyclone Ditwah devastates tea highlands; regional floods push Asia’s death toll past 1,300
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December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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“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
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New Caritas Philippines head urges moral leadership, democratic healing
Caritas Philippines’ new head urges justice, democratic healing, and synodal engagement as citizens push for truth and accountability
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December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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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

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Thai delegates chart future course for Church after Asian Mission Congress
Thai delegates return from Asian Mission Congress inspired to deepen synodality, strengthen mission, and engage Asia’s diverse communities
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December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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“Blessed are the peacemakers”

#PopeLeoXIV #Vatican #Pontifex #PilgrimsofPeace #Lebanon #Beirut #Peace #Catholic #PilgrimsofHope #Pontiff

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Pope to Lebanese authorities: Blessed are the peacemakers
He reminded Lebanon’s leaders that peace in their country is not an abstraction but “a desire and a vocation” that must be built daily
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December 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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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

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At pilgrimage of hope, Tagle warns against fear-driven leadership
At Asia’s largest Church gathering in two decades, Cardinal Tagle calls believers to rediscover hope through humility, openness, and joy
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November 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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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

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Pope Leo urges discernment in AI use; Thai academic cautions against algorithmic influence
Pope Leo XIV and Thai scholar Seri Phongphit warn young people about AI’s growing influence on truth and human freedom
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November 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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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

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Hong Kong Church offers prayer for victims of deadly high-rise fire as death toll rises to 44
At least 44 people died in a massive Hong Kong high-rise fire as rescue crews struggled to reach trapped residents
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November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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“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

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Veteran Catholic aid worker warns sanctions deepen suffering in isolated North Korea
As access to North Korea remains blocked, a longtime aid expert highlights urgent needs and appeals for sustained peace efforts
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November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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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

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WYD Seoul 2027 publishes official prayer shaped by young people, rooted in synodality
WYD Seoul 2027 releases its official prayer, inviting young people worldwide to begin a shared synodal journey
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November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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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

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Global South Church leaders push climate justice demands at COP30
Global South bishops call to act on climate justice, urging fair finance, fossil fuel phaseout, and protection for vulnerable communities
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November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM