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Priests, nuns and some ethnic groups negotiated with the military council officials to release health workers arrested on November 23.

Pope Francis met young adults and teens participating in a songwriting contest based on the theme of Christmas.

Bangladesh Catholic Church started consultations in every parish in preparation for the forthcoming Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2023.

In the face of a health emergency, Myanmar’s military soldiers forcibly closed a church-run health center on November 22. The military personnel also robbed medical equipment from the clinic, driving the most vulnerable seeking medical assistance at a serious health risk.

The founder of a new nonprofit dedicated to fertility awareness wants women to ask questions.

Church officials in India say suicide cases in India have increased mainly because of government’s wrong economic reforms and insensitive policies.

Youth Commission chief says their future begins by them choosing the country's next leader

Pope Francis addresses participants in an international conference that discusses the need to eradicate child labour, and calls for coordinated initiatives and joint efforts at all levels to fight the scourge.

Pope Francis urges participants in an online meeting of Justice and Peace Commissions of various national Bishops’ Conferences to help society correct the contradictions in the economic and political systems revealed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Young people in Myanmar express a sense of hopelessness due to the regional clashing resulting from the military coup.

The incoming president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Philippines (CBCP) urged the people to unite to save nature for permanent destruction for the sake of next generation.

Resist those that oppress and cause injustice against needy, Cardinal Advincula says in World Day of the Poor message

A new international film festival will premiere this week, featuring the winning submissions of young people from 116 countries. Conceived in December 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first annual Don Bosco Global Film Festival received 1,686 short film submissions on the theme “Moved by Hope.”

Pope Francis has said that refugees forced to flee their homes often end up in a “desert of humanity.”

A professionally certified Bangladeshi nun launched online classes during the pandemic to train mental health professionals and provides counseling services through YouTube and social media like Facebook.

A Catholic nun spoke about for Myanmar's forgotten crisis in Italy on November 10.

Young women in Myanmar enroll to learn a new tailoring skill amid sacristy, pandemic, and political turmoil.

Myanmar' Pathein diocese organized a webinar on health care awareness for priests in the Ayeyarwaddy Region on November 13. Doctor Nant Thin Thiri Mon led the webinar with a theme, "Diabetes and hypertension."

Pope Francis reflects on the transient nature of material goods and physical appearances and invites the faithful to base their lives on the Word of God.

In collaboration with the Indonesian Army, Pontianak Archdiocese (KAP) distributed relief for flood victims in the Sintang and Sanggau dioceses, West Borneo Province of Indonesia.