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The ACN Report Persecuted and Forgotten? "provides first-hand testimony and case studies proving that in many countries Christians are experiencing persecution – let us do all that we can do to show that they are not forgotten,” said Report author John Pontifex.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) reaches a breakthrough agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters.

A famous Protestant YouTube host, Cameron Bertuzzi, declared his decision to become a Catholic in a YouTube video on Thursday.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio was elected as the new president and Archbishop William Edward Lori as vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at the bishops’ General Assembly held in Baltimore, Maryland on November 15.

"The Letter" a documentary based on Pope Francis' encyclical, concentrates on significant issues such as how poor nations are more affected by the problem than other regions, how faith and science may coexist, and how crucial it is to examine the climate catastrophe from a Catholic perspective.

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Philippines, is to host the Sixth World Congress of the Conférence Mondiale des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de Philosophie (COMIUCAP), focusing on Asia from November 16–18, on the theme "Faith, Reason, Dialogue: Listening to Asia."

An Indian Catholic nun who is a missionary in Ukraine says she continues to pray with 400 people daily for ending the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Father Olęcki was a diligent educator, and "a good, disciplined, and pious instructor."

The way of the Lord is to love everyone: "If we want to be children of the Father and build a world of brothers and sisters, the real challenge is to learn how to love everyone, even our enemies," says Pope Francis

"Religion and the large religious communities in Indonesia have been key factors in more people getting involved and helping out over the past five years.", CAF Report 2022.

"In order to live peacefully, one must be willing to forgive," said Father Kewuta.

A Catholic Nun serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Butembo-Beni Diocese is among seven people who were reportedly killed on Thursday, October 20 morning when gunmen attacked a Catholic Mission hospital in Maboya village.

Pope Francis has named Vietnam-born priest John-Nhan Tran an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

An Indonesian missionary priest serving in Poland for almost 20 years says that he is happy to work in a Catholic-majority country.

October 24, the Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom rejoiced with the announcement that Rishi Sunak would become the first British Asian Prime Minister.

On October 24, Pope Francis appointed Mgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai SDB, Titular Archbishop of Sila and currently Apostolic Nuncio in Greece, as the new Apostolic Nuncio in Malta.

"We are still called to be missionaries even though we have flaws and can't do everything," says bishop Franz Scharl.

World Mission Day — also known as World Mission Sunday — was established by Pope Pius XI in 1926. It is usually observed on the third Sunday of October and will be celebrated this year on Sunday, Oct. 23. It’s the one Sunday in the year when the entire global Church comes together to support mission. Every Catholic community, in every country, sends a powerful message of faith, hope and love on this special day.

The Novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” is about a photographer who wakes up dead, with “seven moons” or a week to ask his friends and loved ones to find his photos and expose the brutality of the island's sectarian conflict. Accepting the prize, Karunatilaka said, “My hope for Seven Moons is this, that it is read in a Sri Lanka that has understood that these ideas of corruption and race-baiting and cronyism have not worked and will never work.”

Fr. Joseph Igweagu, the Parish Priest at St. Joseph’s Parish Abata Nsugbe, was abducted on Wednesday. The Archdiocese of Onitsha asks for prayers for his safe return.