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Haitian Bishop appeals for world leaders to help the suffering people

Vatican News - Wed, 05/13/2026 - 08:51

Amid gang violence, widespread poverty, and an unprecedented institutional and political crisis, Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of the Diocese of Anse-à-Veau-Miragoâne and vice president of the nation's Episcopal Conference, is calling on the international community to help the suffering people of the Caribbean nation.

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The Pope’s Almoner: The poor are our compass for walking in the Church

Vatican News - Wed, 05/13/2026 - 08:05

Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín speaks to Vatican News about his first two months as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.

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Zambia: PMS Solwezi Diocese trains Holy Childhood Animators

Vatican News - Wed, 05/13/2026 - 06:29

The Catholic Diocese of Solwezi's Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) recently concluded the training of 57 Holy Childhood animators, focusing on equipping them to nurture children's faith and wellbeing.

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Cardinal Fernández to Pius X Society: Ordaining new bishops is schismatic act

Vatican News - Wed, 05/13/2026 - 05:09

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issues a new warning to the Society of St. Pius X against carrying out episcopal ordinations without a pontifical mandate, saying Pope Leo XIV continues to pray the Lefebvrians choose a different path.

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Pope Leo XIV prays at the spot where St. John Paul II was shot

Vatican News - Wed, 05/13/2026 - 04:16

Before the beginning of the General Audience, Pope Leo XIV stops and prays at the spot where his predecessor, St. John Paul II, was shot in 1981.

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Pope: Virgin Mary is perfect model of what the Church is called to be

Vatican News - Wed, 05/13/2026 - 03:45

During his weekly General Audience, and on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Leo XIV emphasizes how the Blessed Virgin Mary is the perfect model, member and mother of the Church.

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The enduring commitment of religious congregations to South Sudan’s recovery

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 10:24

In 2008, religious congregations established “Solidarity with South Sudan” as a joint effort in response to a plea from the Sudanese Bishops’ Conference. The goal was to tackle urgent educational, health, and pastoral challenges that emerged after many years of war. Their efforts gained momentum after an exploratory visit in 2006, laying the groundwork for tangible support. The question on everyone’s lips: How do you build in a place that had lost almost everything?

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University students in Rome prepare for a visit from Pope Leo

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 10:10

On May 14, the Pope will visit the Sapienza University of Rome. Students preparing to welcome him share their experience in the University Chapel — a place that has become like family, especially for those from outside Rome.

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Archbishop Gallagher: Vatican diplomacy has served peace for centuries

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 08:23

In Cape Verde for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the Holy See, Archbishop Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, delivers a speech in which he explores the working methods of papal diplomacy.

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Pope Leo remembers Cardinal Tscherrig and his great love for the Church

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 08:15

Pope Leo sends his condolences for the passing of Cardinal Paul Emil Tscherrig, who died Tuesday at the age of 79, expressing 'gratitude for his faithful service as a papal representative in various countries and later as a member of several Dicasteries of the Holy See' and calling him a 'minister of the Gospel' who loved the Church.

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13 May 1981: The day the attack on John Paul II shocked the world

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 07:57

45 years from the attack on Saint John Paul II during a General Audience in St Peter’s Square, the memory of the event continues to be linked to themes of prayer, forgiveness, and trust in God reflected in the words of the Pope and his successors.

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Shio III is new Catholicos-Patriarch of Orthodox Church in Georgia

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 07:10

The Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church elects Metropolitan Shio III of Senaki and Chkhorotsku as the new Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.

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Holy See: Wars and extreme climate events have lethal impact on food systems

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 05:19

The Holy See laments the impact of war, recessions, climate events, and political instability on the world’s agrifood systems, calling for local food systems to keep human dignity at their center.

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Coaching the Boston Celtics with the spirit of a deacon

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 05:16

NBA Coach of the Boston Celtics, Joseph Mazzulla, stresses how indebted he is to God for the ability to bring together all his passions - family, faith, and basketball - and live out his dream job, all while keeping his faith at the center of his life.

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Some 200 Ethiopians sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia

Vatican News - Tue, 05/12/2026 - 03:03

As 200 Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia face execution, the Catholic eparch of Adigrat is appealing to international organizations for dialogue and mercy.

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President Trump calls Iran reply to U.S. peace plan unacceptable

Vatican News - Mon, 05/11/2026 - 07:47

President Donald Trump has said Iran's response to US proposals to end the war was unacceptable.

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Pope to Vatican Observatory: Church embraces science to find God in Creation

Vatican News - Mon, 05/11/2026 - 05:57

As he meets with the Vatican Observatory Foundation, Pope Leo XIV upholds the Catholic Church’s desire to seek God in His Creation through rigorous, honest science.

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IOR 2025 Annual Report reveals 10-year-record net income

Vatican News - Mon, 05/11/2026 - 05:57

The Institute for the Works of Religions releases its 2025 Annual Report, and reveals a 51 million euro net income and a dividend to the Pope of 24.3 million euro.

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Pope: Christians and Muslims must work together to ‘revive humanity'

Vatican News - Mon, 05/11/2026 - 05:36

In a meeting with participants in an interfaith colloquium, Pope Leo calls on Christians and Muslims to “revive humanity where it has grown cold” and "transform indifference into solidarity”.

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'Intensive Week' of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Vatican News - Mon, 05/11/2026 - 05:00

Employees, collaborators, volunteers, and interns of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, including those working abroad, meet in Rome for a week of sharing and proposing initiatives, with Cardinal Prefect Michael Czerny saying the goal is "to support the mission of the Pope and the Bishops throughout the world."

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