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The report released by the American forensics firm Arsenal Consulting confirms that a hacker planted multiple “incriminating documents” in the computer of activist-priest Father Stan Swamy, over a period of a few years. The 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy was arrested in October 2020 on false charges of "sedition." He died in custody on July 5, 2021.

‘Eminent Ambassador for Peace and Media Reforms Award’ was conferred on Indian Catholic priest, Father C.M. Paul, SDB, on December 10 at the 12th Human Rights Summit 2022.

“This documentary recounts the decade-long travails of the 7 Innocent Christians of Kandhamal behind bars due to a political fraud,” journalist author Akkara

The first Myanmar private Catholic University held the fourth graduation ceremony in Yangon, Myanmar, on December 10, at Summit Park View Hotel, Yangon, Myanmar. Speaking on the occasion Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho said, “When educating a person, we need to help him to have critical thinking – to see the world well - not only in the book but to be in life.”

The annual FABC-OSC Bishops’ Meet of 2022 discussed the theme, “Communication and the Synodal Church,” aimed at identifying the “impact of synodality and the communication ministry, as well as the role of communication in a synodal Church.”

Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) Myanmar Language Service celebrated RVA Day and inaugurated the new studio of RVA Myanmar in Mandalay on December 7.

Father Louis Careno Award 2022 for excellence in journalism was conferred on veteran journalist John Dayal for his bold, continuous, and consistent writing against communalism and fundamentalism. Jesuit activist Father Irudhaya Jothi and writer-crusader Sr Ganga Rawat also awarded

"Do not allow yourselves to be enslaved by money, worldliness, and power.  Always take good care of that simplicity that only seeks the Lord," Bishop Raul Dael of Tandag to the news priests.

Saint Joseph’s Home for the Aged which is run by the Little Sisters of the poor organized a charity event 'Mini fete' to raise funds to support Saint Joseph’s Home for the Aged in Kolkata

Pope Francis encouraged the members of the Christian Workers’ Movement to renew society through solidarity and work for the common good, on Friday, the 50th anniversary of the Christian Labour Associations.

Pope Francis urges the Seminarians to live a life of prayer as the foundation of the priest’s life. The Pope said, “Remember that, when you become priests, your first obligation will be a life of prayer born of gratitude for that love of predilection which God showed you in calling you to his service.”

Students of the Rajshahi University in Bangladesh organized a cleaning campaign on December 9, on the Beach of Saint Martin Island. During the symbolic cleaning campaign, they collected 7 large bags of polluting waste including polythene bags and plastic bottles lying on the beach and floating from the sea.

Eight families, consisting of around fifteen men, women and children, got attracted to Christian prayer and began practicing Christian way of life. The fellow villagers want then to return to their original tribal faith.

Pope Francis appointed Father Yousaf Sohan as the Bishop of Multan, Pakistan, said a Vatican press release on December 9.

Roberto Duarte has been named provincial superior of the Province of Ecuador by the Society of Divine Word, also known as SVD (Societas Verbi Divini). He will be the first SVD religious brother to hold this post in the history of the organization.

Bishop Joseph Nguyen Tan Tuoc of Phu Cuong diocese urged eleven newly ordained Jesuit priests to be living gospels for the salvation of God’s people in Vietnam on December 3. The bishop ordained the eleven Jesuit deacons to priests at St. Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Thu Duc, Vietnam, on the feast of St. Francis Xavier.

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Father LaRousse, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference (FABC), said in an interview with Vatican news that the Asian Church’s engagement in the Synod so far has served as a “launchpad” for the worldwide process.

"The Holy Spirit is the sigh of God's love for us. The Father is in eternity, and in eternity He reveals Himself through the Son. The most perfect relationship between the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God is love," said bishop Bunjamin.

Pope Francis entrusted the world to Mother Mary with a prayer before the column of Immaculate Conception at Rome’s Piazza di Spagna on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, on December 8. The pope prayed for peace in the world, especially for peace in “martyred” Ukraine.