Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an advanced ceramic catalyst made by metal oxides dispersed in refractory ceramics and the process of making same. The advanced ceramic catalyst is capable of significantly lowering carbon foot prints and noxious emissions by generating the same heat energy with much lower quantity of fuel such as of natural gas, propane and other gaseous hydrocarbons. A process of making such a catalyst from inexpensive combination of metal oxide prepared in solution to have many oxygen lattice defects and particle size distribution selected from nanometer to millimeter range which can provide a huge surface area for combustion reaction thus lowering the activation energy of combustion.