LGBTQ+ and Catholic Church: A gay Catholic teacher’s one-man show, “Communion,” brings a fired-by-the-diocese story of faith and rejection to Portland Center Stage. Religious Institutions Under Scrutiny: South Korea’s Unification Church-linked foundation faces culture ministry blocks on selling $39M in assets while corruption probes continue. Church-State Tensions in Armenia: Armenia’s parliament moves ahead with an investigative team into the Armenian Apostolic Church “crisis,” while opposition factions boycott the process, escalating a political standoff over church autonomy. Catholic Abuse Case: Australia’s former Bishop of Broome, Christopher Saunders, is jailed for six and a half years for sexually abusing two Aboriginal men. Bible Access Crisis: A new report says 100 million Christians across 88 countries can’t freely obtain a Bible in their own language, highlighting a growing “hidden scripture” gap. Antisemitism and Oct. 7 Remembrance: Jewish leaders and politicians mark the third anniversary with vigils and messages linking ongoing hatred to attacks, including a Bondi Pavilion shofar ceremony. Faith, Money, and Fraud: A Mesa church nearly loses its final $82,000 mortgage payment after hackers send fake wire-transfer instructions. Public Religion in Politics: Trump blames France’s student protests on “mass migration” and Islam, as MAGA voices use the unrest to push immigration-focused messaging ahead of US midterms.