- The scale of repression against the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church is growing rapidly in Nicaragua, whose representatives have criticized the unlawful actions of President Daniel Ortega.

- Among other things, Ortega's regime is making mass arrests of clergy, confiscating church property, censoring prayers, banning processions and pastoral ministry in prisons.

- Leading Republican politicians from the US state of Wisconsin have announced their desire to hold a referendum on the state's abortion law.

- The debate currently taking place on the legal protection of life is the result of a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that the so-called right to abortion is not guaranteed by the provisions of the US Constitution.

- The escalation of the armed conflict between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip may cause the already sparse Christian minority to disappear from the area.

- Israeli authorities officially condemn attacks on religious minorities, but their actions do not actually work.

- The demands of the UN General Assembly do not find understanding from the Israeli authorities.

· A constitutional crisis is brewing in Poland caused by the actions of the new government.

The Lord is coming into the world! He enters history, surrounded by the love in the Holy Family, in the meagerness of the Bethlehem stable.

We wish the truest joy, the source of which is the unceasing reception of the newborn Child into our families, homeland and the whole world, for the coming Christmas holidays and the new entire new year 2024.

- Spanish authorities have banned public prayer, including the recitation of the rosary for the homeland. The decision is in response to mass protests by the population expressing opposition to the amnesty of Catalan separatists.

- States, by introducing legislation criminalising silent prayer, are violating the right to freedom of thought and conscience, which is a fundamental human right.