Harvest pastor Greg Laurie and Liberty University president Jerry Falwell are among the nearly 200 evangelical leaders to have signed an open letter condemning Christianity Today magazine's editorial backing the impeachment of Donald Trump. 

After accepting the resignation of 92-year-old Cardinal Angelo Sodano as dean of the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis changed the norms of the office so that the dean would be elected to a five-year term renewable only once.

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) chapter in Can Tho city reviewed its performance 2019 and set out working plans for 2020 at a meeting held on December 23.

The Caristas of Bui Chu Diocese in collaboration with the Eye Bank of the Central Eye Hospital held on December 19 for honoring those donating corneas.

Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh made a visit and extended the best wishes to Catholic dignitaries and followers of the Bui Chu diocese in Xuan Truong district, the northern province of Nam Dinh, on December 23.

Vice Chairwoman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Trần Thị Minh Nga led a delegation on December 20 to visit Long Xuyen diocese in An Giang province on occasion of Christmas 2019.

A delegation led by Director of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA)’s Southern Religious Affairs Department Trà Quang Thanh visited on December 22 the Vietnam Adventist Church, on occasion of Christmas 2019.

A delegation from the Government Committee for Religious Affairs led by Deputy Director of the Catholic Affairs Department Đào Thị Đượm has visited dioceses of Hai Phong, Bac Ninh and Ban Me Thuot on occasion of Christmas 2019.

Vinh Quang pagoda located in Thuan Thanh district’s Tram Lo commune, Bac Ninh province held on December 22 a ceremony for inaugurating its main worshipping hall and starting the construction of Quan Am lake.

The Bangkok-based International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) has announced the imminent launch of its new School of English for Engaged Social Service (SENS 2020), an annual three-month transformative learning program to nurture young Asian adults and mentor them as community leaders and agents of compassionate social change. The 2020 course kicks off in Thailand in January under the theme “Transform Your English, Transform Your World.”

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Pure-land Buddhist Association opened a training course for college-level medical trainers on December 21 at Minh Hung Tu temple located in Ho Chi Minh city.

The society for solidarity of patriotic Buddhist monks in Kien Giang province successfully held on December 20 its 7^th general conference.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday condemned religious violence following attacks on multiple mosques in the Amhara region, the latest unrest targeting religious institutions.

Catholic people in the Central Highlands of Dak Lak have warmly responded to the movement “all people unite to build new-style rural areas, civilized urban areas and to be good in both life and religion” by working hard in production and business, thus contributing to the development of their home villages.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân on December 20 visited the Hanoi Archdiocese where she wished local Catholic dignitaries and followers a merry Christmas and a happy new year in 2020.