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Ongoing air pollution and its effects were discussed at the assembly of the Franciscan Network for Peace and Integral Ecology in Asia, held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, earlier this month.

Korean bishops elect president, Church in Burundi supports over 80,000 refugees, Scotland Bishops’ Conference president steps back from duties, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

Montse Alvarado will make history Nov. 1 as the first laywoman to serve as prefect of a dicastery of the Holy See.

Controversy over Bishop Robert Barron's acceptance of a 2025 award from a German Catholic institution resurfaced this week.

The 2008 Vatican document Dignitas Personae affirmed the dignity and rights of frozen embryos and expressed reservations about proposals for prenatal adoption.

The number of women on the commission has increased from five to eight, including five laywomen, raising the total number of lay representatives to eight — double that of the previous term.

A Lilly Endowment grant is open to Catholic campus ministries, St. Carlo Acutis’ mother gifts Franciscan University with a relic of her son, and more in this week’s Catholic education new roundup.

The pontiff holds a doctorate in canon law, a background that notably shapes his vision of Church governance.

Scholars will deliver talks on Catholic teaching in relation to American history, political science, and hot-button issues like artificial intelligence, immigration, and euthanasia.

Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said unidentified gunmen opened fire inside a church in Karak province.