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Laudato Si’ Movement-Africa has joined the rest of the world in calling up world leaders to accelerate the action towards the goals of the Paris Agreements and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, from October 31 to November 12

The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops has extended the deadline for the First Phase of the Synodal process to August 15, 2022, the Holy See Press Office announced on October 29, 2021

The Chairperson of Interfaith Council for Peace Initiative, Western Equatoria State, South Sudan, observed that scores have been killed and injured in clashes between soldiers and street protesters who are against the military that seized power from the transitional government on October 25

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has released a statement detailing their findings during their solidarity and pastoral visit to the Kingdom of eSwatini, from October 6 to 12, 2021

Fr Uchechukwu Okolo had reported that according to the narrative by the seminary security agents, the law enforcement personnel and a headcount done after mass, "it was confirmed that three Theology Four seminarians were abducted. These seminarians belong to the Apostles of Divine Charity and the Little Sons of the Eucharist Congregation."

“Dear brothers and sisters, we did not deserve religious life; it is a gift of love that we have received. We were not called to religious life because of our many gifts and merits. Let's be honest, some of us would have a hard time surviving in the society today,” opined Archbishop van Megen.

Bishop Sipuka together with Bishop José Ponce de León, the Bishop of Manzini, in a meeting with His Excellency Sipho Cleopas Dlamini, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini on October 7, in Mbabane, also appealed to the government to uphold the dignity of the human person amidst the challenges the country is facing

“Following the heavy rains and devastating floods that hit South Sudan last August, displacing over 12,000 persons and causing the damage or destruction of 6,000 homes and extensive material damage, Pope Francis, via the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, has decided to send US$ 75,000 as a contribution to emergency activities and programmes to sustain the population in the hard-hit diocese of Malakal,” reads the press release.