Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - A new training center dedicated to Hmong catechists, called the "International Hmong Center", intended to serve the Catholic population of the Hmong ethnic group, was ...

In his apostolic letter this May creating the new ministry of catechist for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said he wanted to recognize those who teach the faith as having a "stable form of service ...

Bac Ninh (Agenzia Fides) - In Vietnam, all pupils across the country have a 3-month summer vacation from June to August, and catechism classes are also on summer vacation. Therefore, catechists also ...

YouCat, a Catholic Youth movement, is one of the busiest in the country, with 8,500 members already involved in catechist training of young converts. Its aim, even on the Internet, is to train "young ...

“We don’t share data on money and tithe. Inflation has affected parishioners whose support has dwindled, but we don’t want to raise problems. Only publicize our work,” Bachan told UCA News. Bachan, ...

Among important 2021 anniversaries, the 400th anniversary of the death of St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), an Italian Jesuit, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of the catechists and ...

Catechists in Vietnam should be trained as disciples of Jesus capable of assisting people to respect traditional values, was one takeaway message from a national catechism congress held in Dong Nai ...

A catechist gives a reflection on Scripture at the diocesan center in Abuja, Nigeria, in this Sept. 3, 2010, file photo. Pope Francis will issue a document May 11 instituting the formal “ministry of ...

POPE Leo XIV hands a crucifix to newly instituted catechists Rodina Anonuevo (left) and Charlita Tabigue during Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on September 28. Pope Leo XIV commissioned 39 ...

In a ceremony rich with symbolism and the history of the Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. William Skilton, Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of South Carolina, and Father Julian M. Clarke of St. Paul's ...