Pope Leo challenges students participating in the Jubilee of the World of Education to work for a better society through education, which is “one of the most beautiful and powerful tools for changing the world.”
Pope Leo XIV meets with the President of Gabon, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, in the Vatican on Thursday.
At least 100 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip from late Tuesday to Wednesday.
From 27 to 31 October, SACRU will participate in the Jubilee of the World of Education through the Autumn School study days, titled “The Freedom of Scientific Research”. During this period, the Alliance will be presented to diplomatic representatives to the Holy See and the delegation will attend the general audience of Pope Leo XIV.
Hurricane Melissa has ravaged Jamaica and is now gradually weakening, after making landfall in Cuba. It`s been one of the most powerful Atlantic Storms on record.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio issues a plea to end the government shutdown as it puts the burden “heavily on the poor and vulnerable of our nation, who are the least able to move forward.”
At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, Pope Leo expresses his closeness to those affected by Hurricane Melissa, a storm of ‘catastrophic power’, and encourages civil authorities to ‘do everything possible’ to support those affected.
During his catechesis as part of the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV highlights the importance of Jewish-Catholic relations and of not allowing politics to affect them and underlines how religions can work together to build a better world.
Pope Leo XIV presides at “Walking Together in Hope,” a celebration of 60 years of “Nostra aetate”, the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Interreligious Dialogue.
Signed on 28 October 1965 by Pope St Paul VI, the conciliar declaration "Nostra aetate" set the foundations for a culture of encounter and dialogue in the name of peace for all peoples.
Representatives of different faiths gather with Pope Leo XIV at the Colosseum or the closing of the Community of St. Egidio's International Meeting 'Dare Peace' and launch joint appeal urging that no one remain indifferent before the suffering of 'millions of children, elderly people, women and men” who endure conflict and violence.'
Pope Leo XIV joins religious leaders at Rome’s Colosseum for the Community of Sant'Egidio's annual Meeting for Peace, calling for an end to war and a renewed commitment to reconciliation and prayer.
The Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks about the importance of combining research and care and praises the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital for its work during a conference at the facility on Tuesday, October 28.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast held celebrations over the weekend to mark both the ongoing Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year and the Diamond Jubilee of the elevation of the Cape Coast Church to an Archdiocese.
Olena Mosendz, a young Ukrainian mother whose husband is fighting at the front, tells Vatican News what life is like for the many women trying to balance work and helping the war effort with caring for their families.
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, stresses that space is a ‘common good’ to be protected for the benefit of future generations.
The Apostolic Letter "Drawing New Maps of Hope", released on 28 October, marks the sixtieth anniversary of the conciliar declaration "Gravissimum Educationis". In it, Pope Leo XIV reaffirms and expands that document’s vision, applying it to the challenges of the present time.
In the Province of Davao De Oro, a remote part of the Asian country, which can only be accessed by local motorcycle taxis known as habal-habal, two women religious have kindled a hearth of hope for poor families, children who have no food and young people experiencing the impositions of poverty.
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin made an appeal to the international community to put an end to conflicts on the sidelines of an event at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome.
Pope Leo XIV signs an Apostolic Letter to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis before presiding over Holy Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Education.