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Afghan women increasingly cut off from everything
Four years have gone by since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, when they seized power in August 2021. Slowly but steadily, the rights of Afghan women and girls continue to be eroded, effectively erasing them from society and public life.
Benin: For Oblate Catechists of the Little Servants to the Poor, being a Catechist is a way of life
Last week, Rome hosted Catechists from all over the world for the Jubilee of Catechists, 26 September to 28 September. In many cases, Catechists are usually lay persons but some consecrated persons incorporate being catechists into their various apostolates.
Pope's October prayer intention: 'Collaboration among religions'
Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of October, inviting the faithful to pray for 'collaboration between different religious traditions.'
Schwarzenegger: ‘Catholic Church a powerhouse for environmental activism’
Ahead of the ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ conference in Castel Gandolfo, Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to Vatican News about the Church’s vast reach to 1.4 billion Catholics, who have the collective potential to help heal our common home.
Pope Leo's liturgical celebrations for November through January
Pope Leo will preside at numerous liturgical celebrations in the coming months, as the Church looks ahead to Christmas and the New Year.
Mother Cabrini Institute Founder: 'We know immigrants and trust them with our lives'
In an interview with Vatican News, Michele Pistone, law professor at Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law, and founding faculty director of Villanova's just-launched Mother Cabrini Institute on Immigration, explains concrete efforts, also to help rediscover the humanity of immigrants whom we so often welcome into the most intimate areas of our lives, like caring for our children and elders.
New Prior General on Leo XIV: A Pope who is also our brother
Newly-elected Augustinian Prior General Fr Joseph Farrell reflects on the General Chapter, the charism and priorities of the Order and the challenges it faces, and what it means to have an Augustinian Pope.
Gallagher: Reform the UN to promote peace, development, and human rights
Below is the full text of the address delivered by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Holy See Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, at the 80th United Nations General Assembly.
'Never Again' - A promise the world keeps breaking
The Deputy Country Director of Jesuit Refugee Service Serbia reflects on the horrors unfolding before our eyes in Gaza and recalls the fear and feelings of betrayal he personally experienced during his own childhood in Bosnia, lacerated by war in the 1990s.
Moldovans choose Westward path in parliamentary elections
Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has won a weekend parliamentary election that was widely viewed as a choice between East and West.
Holy See urges action on youth empowerment, health and mental well-being
Addressing the United Nations’ General Assembly, the Vatican is highlighting the need to do more for young people and to step up efforts to fight non-communicable diseases and mental health challenges.
Pope Leo XIV urges European institutions to promote a 'healthy secularism'
Pope Leo XIV receives the Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, an initiative of the European Parliament, insisting that 'European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism,' and reaffirming that 'being men and women of dialogue means remaining deeply rooted in the Gospel and in the values that flow from it.'
Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Mr Umaro Sissoco Embaló, in the Vatican on Monday, and during their discussions, the contribution of the Catholic Church to the country's common good was noted.
Vatican announces theme for 60th World Day of Social Communications
“Preserving human voices and faces” is the theme for the 60th World Day of Social Communication, which will be celebrated on 17 May 2026, the Sunday before Pentecost.
Pope Leo meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain
Pope Leo XIV meets with His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Vatican.
Pope prays for victims of typhoon in Asia
Pope Leo prays for those affected by a typhoon that has struck the Phiippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and parts of China. He also announces that St John Henry Newman will be declared Doctor of the Church on the 1st November.
Nigeria: Lagos Ecclesiastical Province celebrates Jubilee of Catechists
Over the weekend, about 200 catechists, priests, religious and other lay faithful gathered at St Anthony Catholic Church, Shagamu for the celebration of the Jubilee of Catechists in the Jubilee Year of Hope.
Tanzania: Bishops caution priests against partisan politics and campaigns
The Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) has issued a directive prohibiting Catholic priests, religious sisters, Brothers, and seminarians from participating in partisan politics or campaigns. The directive also discourages clergy and seminarians from wearing political party campaign regalia.
Pope at Mass: Catechists accompany our faith journey throughout life
At Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists, Pope Leo XIV praises those who seek to accompany others in the faith, and invites all Christians to help one another learn to believe, hope, and then love.
Blessed Pietro Paolo Oros, a witness to communion in a divded world
On Saturday morning of 27 September in Bilky, Ukraine, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated for the beatification of a priest who was martyred under the communist regime, killed in 1953 at just 36 years old. Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, representing Pope Leo, recalled how the new Blessed became a “bridge” amidst divisions and conflicts.