In his first formal address to the College of Cardinals on Saturday May 10, newly elected Pope Leo XIV delivered a heartfelt message of gratitude, prayer, and pastoral direction, urging unity and continued fidelity to the Church's mission.
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.
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.
The employees belonging to different religious traditions working in Christian institutions submitted a memorandum to the district administration demanding an impartial investigation into the action taken against the head of their institution.
During the ceremony to launch and hand over the 2023 Indonesian Youth Day (IYD) cross in Palembang, Indonesia, on November 20, Archbishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono of the Archdiocese of Palembang told young people to be happy in their pursuit of holiness.
About 110 members of the National Lawyers Forum of Religious And Priests(NLFRP) of India met from 25 to 27 November at Ranchi to discuss the “Prophetic Response of the Church to the cries of the People.”
Pope Francis prayed for Ischia flood victims in Italy at the traditional Angelus on Sunday to the audience at St. Peter’s Square. The torrential rain caused the landslide and killed seven people including an infant and two children. Five people are still missing.
"Let us write down opinions, reflections, and sermons that soothe and reconcile the hearts of many people and upload photos about the beauty of living together in the midst of differences that inspire people to care about others and the natural environment," said a joint Christmas message released on November 21, the Indonesian Bishops' Conference (KWI) and the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI).
In a press statement, the Vatican notes with "surprise and regret" the installation of the Auxiliary Bishop of Jiangxi, a diocese not currently recognized by the Holy See.
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata urged major seminary rectors to guide seminarians to reach out to families and villages with a missionary thrust for freedom in Jesus.
The national convention and Annual General Body meeting of Catholic Communicators forum, SIGNIS India, held at Gyana Deep Bhavan, diocesan Pastoral Centre, Jaipur from 23- 24 November 2022, elected new office bearers.
Northeast Indian Christian leaders denounced the alarmist news that is being spread among people in connection with the issue of ‘forced conversion’, as false and expressed great anxiety about some of the painful developments in our society these days.
