Marking the tenth anniversary of the papal encyclical Laudato si’, Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to open Castel Gandolfo’s Laudato Si’ Village, a place where spirituality, education, and care for creation come together.
The Catholic Church in Thailand is stepping up efforts to strengthen pastoral care for the Deaf, beginning with a training program for seminarians at Fatima Minor Seminary in the Archdiocese of Thare-Nongseng in the northeast of the country.
Exactly 86 years ago, Pope Pius XII appealed for peace in an attempt to help avoid World War Two. His words still resonate today.
More than 50,000 people have been displaced in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province in recent weeks following a new wave of terrorist attacks.
After the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo turns his thoughts to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province and to Ukraine, urging prayer and closeness for peoples wounded by violence and war.
Before reciting the Angelus, Pope Leo reflects on the Gospel reading and how we are all called to pass through the “narrow door”, living lives of authentic faith of words and deeds.
It has been a week since clashes erupted between two ethnic communities— the Nhaneca and the Kuvale—on 17 August. The violence resulted in the deaths of 12 persons, numerous injuries, and the destruction of homes in the municipalities of Cacimbas and Camucuio, in Namibe Province. The Catholic Church and government authorities have been called upon to mediate the conflict.
On Ukraine’s national feast, Pope Leo XIV send a message to the president of the war-torn nation, assuring his prayers for the country and its people.
On the day Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day, three and a half years after the Russian invasion, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk speaks about the sufferings and hopes of the Ukrainian people. The head of the Greek Catholic Church also expresses his gratitude for international solidarity and reaffirms his total trust in God.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah has rejects a government-backed disarmament plan, warning of civil war if forced to lay down arms.
As peace progress seems to fail in the DR Congo, priests of the Diocese of Bunia issue a statement stressing that the “ongoing violence is endangering our province.”
With less than one week until the scheduled execution of death row inmate Curtis Windom, Deacon George Kain highlights injustices in the US justice system that led to his sentencing, as well as the inhumane practice of capital punishment.
At the Meeting of Friendship Among Peoples in Rimini, the Pope recalls that mission is not self-promotion but humble witness, lived in closeness and fraternity, even to the gift of one’s life
Pope Leo XIV urges consecrated women to be signs of hope and prophecy, renewing their service to families and transmitting the virtues of the Holy Family.
Speaking to a delegation of the Chagos Refugees Group, the Pope praises their resilience and dedication to fighting for their homeland and encourages them to “resolutely look toward the future.”
Pope Leo meets Catholic legislators and urges them to build a world rooted in justice, conscience, and love of God.
In a post on his @Pontifex account, Pope Leo XIV reiterated the call for today’s day of prayer and fasting for peace: “May the overall vision inspired by the common good prevail.” Episcopates and ecclesial communities have broadly joined the papal appeal. In addition to the well-known wars in the Middle East and Europe, there are over 56 more or less “forgotten” conflicts that generate grief and suffering among peoples.
Thousands of young Catholics from across Tanzania gather in Mbeya to share their faith and examine their role in building the future of the country.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification confirms a famine in Gaza City for the first time, raising its alert to Phase 5 — the highest level on its acute food insecurity scale.
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