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Besides the realization of how fearful the situation seemed, the sacredness of the ecology and the desire to treat it with due respect, are powerfully proposed by the film The Letter.

Appreciating the parents and the teachers of the children of Sunday school, Bishop Arockiayaraj of Trichy said, "Children are the future pillars of the Church; it is important to teach them and guide them in the catholic faith."

"if no weapons were made for a year, hunger in the world would end," said Pope Francis. Wars are waged when empires feel weak: killing people and using weapons makes them feel strong.

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

A key church leader in India said Christians are duty-bound to make Christianity's contributions to nation-building known to the common people of India.

The national convention of the Prison Ministry of India (PMI) appeals Government to reform the prisons in such a that incarceration must give every opportunity for prisoners to accept their own guilt and acknowledge the need for repentance and reformation. About 450 delegates participated in the three-day meeting.

“The first word to say to the people is PEACE BE WITH YOU. The disciples are to bring Peace, Healing, and Happiness to the people,” said Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye after ordaining eight new deacons at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, on December 1.

Father Abraham Adappur, a noted Indian Jesuit thinker and writer, who boldly discussed cultural and social issues from a Catholic perspective passed away at the age of 96, on December 3.

Pope Francis exhorted everyone to rediscover the true richness of Christmas in the address to the delegations who gifted two nativity scenes and a Christmas tree on December 3. The pope said, “In its genuine poverty, the nativity scene helps us to rediscover the true richness of Christmas. Simple and familiar, the nativity scene recalls a different Christmas from the consumerist and commercial one.”

Veritas Sinhala Day was celebrated on Saturday, November 26 at Namel-Malani Punchi theatre, Borella, Sri Lanka.

Jesuit Father Joseph L. Roche, an American missionary and a distinguished teacher who trained generations of religion teachers and catechists at the Ateneo de Manila University, the Loyola School of Theology and the Formation Institute for Religion Educators (FIRE), died on November 28, 2022.

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, appealed for the release of Fathers Ivan Levytskyi and Bohdan Heleta, who were detained from their parish in Berdyansk in November.

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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."

Annual Bengal Regional Women’s Commission meeting was held at Seva Kendra Calcutta from 26- 27 November to discuss women's role in family and society

As the year approaches Christmas, Christians in India continue to bear the onslaught of targeted violence for their faith. The year 2022 sees the greatest increase in the number of incidents of violence against Christians in India, compared to 505 incidents of violence against Christians in 2021 and 511 in 2022 through November.

The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Francis will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan for an ecumenical peace pilgrimage from January 31 to February 5, 2023, journeys postponed in the past due to health reasons.

Pope Francis accepted Father Juan Antonio Guerrero Alve’s resignation and appointed Mr. Maximino Caballero Ledo as the new Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy on December 1. After serving three years as Prefect, the Spanish Jesuit Father Guerrero resigned for “personal reason” related to his health.

Pope Francis sent a delegation to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew stressing the need for reconciliation, fraternity, and unity in today’s world and greetings on the Feast of St. Andrew, the Apostle, on November 30. It is a long-standing tradition of the annual exchange of Delegations between the Vatican and the Patriarchate for their respective patronal feasts.

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.