The supreme service and the greatest gift that the Church can offer to the people of Asia “is " that of bearing witness to Jesus Christ, the universal Savior of mankind”, reads Benedict XVI’s message to the representatives of lay Catholics gathered in the Korean capital from today until September 5.

A group of nuns, who have been trained to work in big hospitals, say they have found even more fulfillment serving poor Hindu villagers.

The release of two commemorative coins, an exhibition and a quiz competition on Mother Teresa were among programs organized to mark the birth centenary celebrations.

Villagers in the Kaiduan Valley, Sabah, in Malaysia’s northern Borneo region, are protesting against a decision to build a hydroelectric dam that would force 1,400 families off their land.

It is clear that St. Monica possessed an inner strength that cannot be obtained by human effort alone. Some would look at her life and see little but unhappiness, tragedy and pain.