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An Indian nun has won the Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA)-Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Award for best reportage on Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).

RadioStar, an international talent search, has chosen Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) staff to be part of a judging panel to select the winner of RadioStar 2021.

A new report says that climate change increases physical and mental health issues.

The Catholic charity supporting the persecuted Church around the world is focusing this year’s annual campaign on Christian girls and women suffering abduction, forced marriage, forced conversion, and sexual violence.

Pope Francis' speech is delivered by Cardinal Pietro Parolin in Glasgow, where he stresses the need for action from all to save the planet and those suffering the most from the climate emergency.

‘When they were caught praying, they were beaten every morning for 20 consecutive days.’

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of November, and invites everyone to pray for and be near those who suffer from exhaustion, burn-out, and depression.

Bishop Basílio do Nascimento of Baucau in Timor-Leste passed away on October 30 at the age of 71.

Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Telesphore Bilung of Ranchi as the new bishop of Jamshedpur in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.

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Six priests are infected with Covid-19 out of eighteen residing at the priest's center in Myanmar's Myitkyina diocese. The clergy house is temporally lockdown from the last week of October 2021.

While Catholics worldwide go to the cemeteries to pray for their dear departed on November 2, Nepali Christians adhere to a different way of revering their dead in a 'columbaria.'

Catholic clergy appeal for end to clashes after thousands of civilians flee to seek shelter in church compounds

The United Nations said it feared a wider human rights catastrophe amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north and west of the country

Pope Francis says the festivity on 2 November is an occasion to pray, in a special way, for all victims of war and violence.

Two priests saved people caught in a clash between separatist rebels and soldiers in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua.

Pope Francis on Sunday urged Catholics to read, reread, and be passionate about the Gospel.

A special e-book features forewords by Pope Francis and UN Secretary General Guterres. Titled "Laudato si' Reader. An Alliance of Care for Our Common Home," the work presents reflections and reactions to the encyclical Laudato si' around the world. From 12 November it will be available as a free download from the website of the Dicastery for Integral Human Development, which promoted its publication through Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Pope Francis to India after a one-on-one meeting in Vatican City on October 30.

One day before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet Pope Francis, the Vatican released a message to Hindus that referred to the divisive nature of “hyper-nationalism.”