2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (749+ words) Caritas organizations around the world are mobilizing to come to the aid of their “sister” organization in Nepal, which is working to address the population’s most immediate needs following the flood that struck the country on August 26, killing more than…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (396+ words) Pope Leo XIV met on Wednesday with Bishops associated with the Focolare Movement, formally known as the Work of Mary, founded in Italy in 1942 by Chiara Lubich. In his address, the Pope said the Bishops’ encounter expresses their collegial affection…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (508+ words) Pope Leo XIV dedicated his Wednesday General Audience to the dignity of the human person, urging Christians to defend it in every circumstance with “the light and strength of the Gospel.” Continuing his reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (305+ words) Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said that genuine dialogue does not eliminate differences but creates the conditions for them to coexist through cooperation. Speaking in Assisi on Monday, 7 September, the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations addressed the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (202+ words) Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon killed at least nine people, Lebanon's health ministry said Monday. The strikes were among a series that killed seven people across southern Lebanon on Sunday, as the Israeli military retaliated for what…...

6+ day, 18+ min ago   (240+ words) Moriba Camara, S.J. - Vatican City The school year started on 01 September at Alfajiri College in Bukavu, a border town between the DRC and Rwanda. According to Jesuit Father Tika Dieudonné, nearly 90% of students and teachers were present on the first day....

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (317+ words) The legislation must now be approved by Hereditary Prince Alois, who has exercised the powers of head of state since 2004 after his father, Prince Hans-Adam II, delegated them to him. Alois has six months to sanction the law. If he…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (374+ words) By Fr. Łukasz Bankowski When Oblate Father Andrzej Madej arrived in Turkmenistan, the Catholic Church there had to be built almost from the ground up. There were no established structures and no large Catholic communities. Even so, there was the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (485+ words) Pope Leo XIV met on Thursday with members of the Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (CELRA), who are holding their annual meeting in Rome. In his address, the Pope recognized that the Bishops guide local Churches spread…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (390+ words) Pope Leo XIV focused on seminarians’ relationship with Jesus in an address to seminarians from two Italian seminaries, the Pius XI Regional Seminary in Molfetta, Puglia; and the Episcopal Seminary of Aversa, Campania. The Pope emphasized that “study, discipline, and…...