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Archbishop Tesfaye (Tesfasilasie) Tadesse Gebresilasie has been installed as the new Archbishop of Addis Ababa, pledging to lead the local Church in Ethiopia in the love of Christ as he succeeds Cardinal Berhaneyesus after nearly 27 years of service.

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Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks killed almost 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C., Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York recalls the faith that helped people through that day, highlights the memorials to mark the anniversary, and stresses that even in “our tragedies…we are never alone.”

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As the UK’s House of Commons prepares to resume debate on an assisted suicide bill, Catholic bishops in England and Wales warn that it "does not protect vulnerable people".

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The Pontifical Commission for Latin America and CELAM, in collaboration with the USCCB, has organized the Fourth “Fratelli Tutti Synodal Encounter – North-South socio-environmental dialogue” in Rome, bringing together stakeholders from South and North America to address the social-environmental crisis in the context of the American continent.

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Medical personnel under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Mbarara Development Association (AMDA), an umbrella organisation uniting Catholics from the Archdiocese of Mbarara living in Kampala and surrounding areas, have again undertaken a successful outreach programme to rural and underserved western Ugandan parishes, delivering free medical care.

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Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Italiana are among the charitable organizations most deeply involved in providing aid to the country, which was hit on August 26 by a flood caused by a glacier melting. A local aid worker explains how the risk of girls being abducted is high.

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Pope Leo XIV invites new Bishops taking part in a formation course in Rome to have the heart of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and to carry everyone in their heart amid rapid global change.

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“Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born, a new interdisciplinary forum promoted by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the academic center of the University of Notre Dame.

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Speaking at an international conference in Rome, the Cardinal of Myanmar calls for nonviolence to become a new framework for legitimate defence, while participants receive a message and blessing from Pope Leo XIV.

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Bishops in Mozambique are reflecting on the violent death of Bishop Osorio Citora Afonso, the Ordinary of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Beira. The bishops lament the lack of clarity about the circumstances of the prelate's death.

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The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue participated in the meeting in Indonesia organized by Scholas Occurrentes and United in Diversity. In addition to commemorating the second anniversary of Pope Francis’s apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and the signing of the Istiqlal Interreligious Declaration, the event reflected on themes from the encyclical “Magnifica humanitas” and the “sensible” use of technology.

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A look at Poland’s traditional harvest thanksgiving celebrations, known as “dożynki", which Pope Leo reflected on at the General Audience.

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The President of the French Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, along with other bishops, present details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming apostolic journey to France from September 25 to 28 at a press conference. They speak about the budget, the organizational efforts, the Journey’s motto, the Pope’s meeting with survivors of abuse and more.

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At his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his reflection on Vatican II’s ‘Gaudium et Spes,’ and says the dignity of every human person is a permanent gift of God’s love that we must defend.

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Pope Leo XIV tells Bishops associated with the Focolare Movement that our modern emphasis on individual freedom can in reality make us less free to be our genuine selves or follow our highest ideals.

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As Ukraine approaches another winter of war, CAFOD’s Henry Wilson-Smith describes a population living under almost constant air-raid alerts, preparing for power cuts and relying on local humanitarian networks to rebuild lives damaged by years of conflict.

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Powerful messages are appearing on billboards across Ghana as thousands of young Catholics from across West Africa gather in Accra this week.

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The General Secretariat of the Synod on Tuesday released the Final Report of Study Group No. 6 on the review, from a synodal and missionary perspective, of the documents on relations between bishops, consecrated life, and ecclesial associations. It also released the second part – concerning ad limina visits – of the Final Report of Study Group No. 7 on certain aspects of the figure and ministry of the bishop from a synodal and missionary perspective.

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Pope Leo XIV encourages young people in West Africa in their journey of faith, and invites them to live as a message of love, justice, and peace in our world beset by war and conflict.

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Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, Vatican News speaks with Daniel Nigro, the former Chief of Operations of the New York City Fire Department, who was in charge on the day the World Trade Center was attacked. He recalls the chaos of that morning, the firefighters who gave their lives, and the human stories still etched in New York's memory.

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