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Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
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Weekly News Updates from Radio Veritas Asia.
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For this week's episode of RVA News Roundup, let us go back to some of the news we presented you this year 2022.

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Jajati Nayak died at the age of 72 after 55 years of service as a catechist in Odisha, the Eastern state of India, on December 17. Under his leadership, the faith life of the Christians of Kerubadi was strengthened and produced 9 Religious Sisters, including his daughter Sister Anjali Nayak, The Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa (CSST) and 6 Priests, including his younger brother priest Dusmant Nayak.

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Alejandro Limonco, a member of the Mother of Life Lay Association and the speaker at the recollection said "indeed, former employees reap the benefits of their labours—working and growing with their faith while employed by the institution."

Father Daniele Mazza, a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, shares the joy of Christmas with Buddhists in Thailand as part of inter-religious dialogue in the country.

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.

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Christian students are able to share their Christian faith and love of Jesus with other students of the University

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The recently published "Born to Fight" is a book about teachers and principals. "The school principal," said Father Sufiyanta, "apart from being a soldier, is also chosen to be the commander or leader of the soldiers who fight to win souls, that is, the souls of our children and young people."

The annual conference of the Asia Shelter Forum (ASF) was hosted by the Government of Bangladesh in Dhaka from November 28-30 to discuss “Resilient Shelters and Settlements” in Asia.

Four transformative leaders from different parts of Asia were conferred this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, known as Asia’s ‘Nobel Prize’ for their contributions toward humanitarian and environmental advocacies.

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The Indonesian Catholic community has swung into action to respond to the emergency situation caused by the earthquake in Cianjur on November 21, 2022, in which 268 people died and hundreds more are still missing.

Veteran Sri Lankan actor and radio announcer Alfred Perera passed away on Nov 20 at the age of 93. He was in charge of the Sinhala division of Veritas Radio in Manila, Philippines for a while.

“56 people have perished and are currently being treated at the Cianjur District Hospital, and over 700 people have been injured," said Suharyanto, the head of the National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure.