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Philippines’ Diocese of Novaliches is rekindling plans for the “total inclusion” in Church life of Catholics Living with Disabilities (CLDs).

Samaritan Children Home, a charity in Bangladesh, organized a pre-Christmas celebration for the street children, orphans and underprivileged in Kamalapur, Savar, 30 kilometers away from Dhaka, on December 2.

The Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) has launched a "Feed a friend" program for Christmas.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report for 2021 stresses the need to make agri-food systems more resilient to shocks and stresses, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, extreme weather conditions and armed conflicts.

Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa-Daman urged government authorities to avoid “any undue or offensive interventions, even by legitimate stakeholders in and around these monuments that can have grave consequences and attract the derecognition of the World Heritage status, which would be a tremendous and severe loss to Goa.”

Emeritus Bishop Aleixo Dias sfx of Andaman urged the pilgrims to pray for conversion in the proper sense of the term and encouraged government officials to serve the poor.

Social Justice Crusader Father Cedric Prakash, SJ, appealed to all journalists to stick out their necks and fight for a just, free and equitable world. "We need to wake up now, to be visible and vocal, to use our God-given talents for a more harmonious and peaceful world," said Father Prakash while accepting the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) award on December 1.

The Indonesian Church leaders have issued a Christmas message 2021 that reiterates to promote Christ's love and compassion.

Aloysius Aguiar, former Judge of Bombay High Court, urged Catholic journalists to be on a quest to unveil the truth.

The Ministry of Women, Youth and Child Affairs and the Ministry of Human Rights jointly released statement No. (4/2021) regarding the sexual assaults against ethnic women by the military forces on November 18.

Bangladesh Church celebrated the Father of the Nation's birth centenary and the golden jubilee of the country's independence at Tejgaon Holy Rosary Church Community Center, Dhaka, on November 27.

Catholic women, including nuns inside and outside Myanmar, speak out to stop violence against women in the 16 days campaign.

Pastor Keshav Raj Acharya from Abundant Harvest Church was found guilty of proselytization by Dolpa district court.

Pope Francis shared advice for engaged and married couples based on the example provided by the Holy Family.

The Asian Catholic Church mourns the death of a 79-year-old Indian priest, who played a significant role in evangelization.

Pope Francis reminds us: being a family is always “primarily an opportunity.”

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of December, inviting everyone to pray for catechists, “summoned to announce the Word of God,” that they might “be its witnesses, with courage and creativity, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, with joy and much peace.”

Indian Catholic priest in Chennai was awarded for the outstanding service rendered to the seafarers and their families during the pandemic.

The Church dedicated to Mary Queen of Arabia will be consecrated on 10 December by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelizations of Peoples. It will be officially inaugurated by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on the previous day.

A well-known Indian classical singing-dancing priest died in Mumbai, western India, on November 30. He was 77.