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Pope Leo XIV to every parish: 'Take part in World Mission Sunday'

Vatican News - Mon, 10/13/2025 - 01:31

In a video message, Pope Leo XIV calls on every Catholic parish to take part in World Mission Sunday, 19 October, recalling how the generosity that day concretely enables and sustains the good work of missionaries worldwide, as he saw firsthand while serving in Peru.

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Peru in Turmoil after President Boluarte ousted by Congress

Vatican News - Sun, 10/12/2025 - 07:02

Peru’s political situation is volatile, following the removal of the president via a vote of no confidence by Congress.

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Gaza summit set to commence in Egypt on Monday

Vatican News - Sun, 10/12/2025 - 06:36

An international summit aimed at finalizing a peace agreement to end the war in Gaza is set to take place Monday in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Pope prays for peace in Holy Land, Ukraine, and for stability in Peru

Vatican News - Sun, 10/12/2025 - 05:05

Following the Mass for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality, Pope Leo XIV turns his thoughts and prayers to the suffering people of the Holy Land, of Ukraine, and of Peru, where political turmoil has brought instability to the nation.

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Pope at Marian Jubilee Mass: May Mary lead us to her Son Jesus

Vatican News - Sun, 10/12/2025 - 04:15

During the Mass for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality, Pope Leo XIV urges faithful to see in the Blessed Mother a beautiful example of how to turn to and follow her Son, Jesus Christ.

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Pope leads the faithful in a Rosary for peace

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 12:06

During a prayer vigil in St Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality, Pope Leo XIV leads pilgrims in the recitation of the Holy Rosary, followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

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Pope to Vatican communicators: 'Our prayer makes the difference'

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 11:40

Pope Leo XIV warmly welcomes Vatican Dicastery for Communication's journalists and staff, along with their families, into the heart of the Vatican, and insists that the prayer that accompanies their daily work is what makes all the difference, even if the rest of the world may fail to understand that.

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Vatican's Deepavali message: With shared values, let's join hands

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 10:28

The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue sends well wishes to those celebrating the Hindu feast of Deepavali, and invites Christians and Hindus to "join hands in both small and great ways to nurture peace in our homes, communities and societies."

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Pope Leo to make official visit to Italy's president

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 09:06

Pope Leo will visit the Quirinale Palace on Tuesday, where he will meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, reciprocating the Head of State's visit to the Vatican in June.

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Holy See at UN: Build lasting peace through development, not military spending

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 06:25

In 2024 global military spending reached $2.7 trillion, while the funding gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains at $4 trillion per year. For every dollar invested in peace, two are spent on war. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations tells the UN that: “Every increase in military spending represents resources that could have been used to meet people’s basic needs and to establish a lasting peace.”

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CELAM to launch global training on the study and implementation of the Synod

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 05:03

Starting 20 October 2025, the Council of Catholic Bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean, widely known by its acronym, CELAM, will launch a global digital training platform focused on the study and implementation of the Final Document of the Synod on Synodality.

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Pope Leo meets with group of Italian hermits in Rome for Jubilee

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 04:52

Pope Leo meets with a group of hermits in Rome for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life and encourages them to continue living out their vocation, helping the Church and all the faithful rediscover the importance of intimacy with God.

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Lord's Day Reflection: Mercy, Miracles, and Missed Thank-You Cards

Vatican News - Sat, 10/11/2025 - 01:00

As the Church celebrates the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's Gospel reading.

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Cardinal Parolin expresses ‘satisfaction’ over Gaza agreement

Vatican News - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 11:48

The Cardinal Secretary of State speaks to journalists about the Israel-Hamas agreement signed in Egypt, the Holy See-China agreement on the appointment of bishops, and the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado.

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Archbishop Broglio: Pope Leo understands the Church in the U.S

Vatican News - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 11:24

Following the first formal meeting of Pope Leo XIV with the leadership of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks of the American bishops’ unity with the Holy See and its shared mission to proclaim the Gospel amid polarization and social challenges.

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Ruffini: Authentic communication is based on relationships

Vatican News - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 11:21

Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, tells journalists to search for alternatives to the “toxic consumption of manipulated information.”

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Pope Leo meets with faculty and students from Villanova University, his alma mater

Vatican News - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 08:12

Pope Leo welcomes a group of students and faculty from Villanova University in the United States where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics in 1977.

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Pope: 'Faith and reason support and complement one another'

Vatican News - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 07:16

Pope Leo XIV writes a message to the International Congress on Philosophy taking place in Asuncion, Paraguay, and reaffirms the complementary role of faith and reason, and the role of Christian believers who are called to be part of the dialogue and to 'account for the reason of their hope.'

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Pope to consecrated persons: 'Your often-hidden daily actions give privileged witness'

Vatican News - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 05:50

In an audience for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life, Pope Leo XIV praises the centuries of service that consecrated people have offered the Church, and thanks them for their hidden daily gestures to sustain the Church worldwide.

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Bishops of Ghana renew call for urgent action as illegal mining crisis deepens

Vatican News - Fri, 10/10/2025 - 05:34

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has issued a fresh and urgent appeal to the government, pressing for “decisive and transparent action” against the destructive scourge of illegal mining, locally known as, Galamsey.

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