South Asia
CBF South Asia Subregion
Coordinator
Fr. Dr. Antony John Baptist
Updates from South Asia
All India Bible Congress
Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu, 21-23 January 2025. The 22nd National Conference of the CCBI Commission for Bible, held at Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu, brought together 210 participants, including Regional Secretaries, Diocesan Directors, Religious Collaborators, Seminary Professors, Catechists, and Lay Bible Volunteers.
“There is a blessing for those who touch the Word of God”
Aid to the Church in Need spoke to Father Emmanuel Asi, executive director of the Catholic Bible Commission of Pakistan since it was founded in 2002, about the situation of Christians in his country, and his apostolate in Pakistan.
+ Reverend Father Jacob Theckanath
The Asian Catholic Church mourns the death of Father Jacob Theckanath, a 79-year-old Indian priest, who played a significant role in evangelization. Father Jacob Theckanath, former CBF South Asia Regional Coordinator (1990-2002) and former executive secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) Office of Evangelization (OE), died on November 28.
