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Church in Thailand launches ‘Heart to Heart Mission’ for disaster-hit diocese

Vatican News - Wed, 09/25/2024 - 05:38

The Catholic Church in Thailand has launched a fundraising campaign to aid the Diocese of Chiang Rai, which has been severely devastated by recent natural disasters.

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Pope to Economy of Francesco: Love will change the economy, not power'

Vatican News - Wed, 09/25/2024 - 04:33

Pope Francis urges young people of the Economy of Francesco to transform the economy through love, witness, and hope, rather than through power or wealth.

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Pope prays for victims of Iran mining disaster

Vatican News - Wed, 09/25/2024 - 04:15

Pope Francis expresses his condolences and offers prayers for victims after an explosion in a coal mine in northeast Iran that left at least fifty people dead.

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Pope: Situation in Lebanon 'unacceptable,' escalation must be avoided

Vatican News - Wed, 09/25/2024 - 03:30

Pope Francis makes a heartfelt appeal against escalation in Lebanon, calling the volatile situation 'unacceptable' and praying for all who are suffering from war.

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Pope at Audience: Against the devil's deception, Jesus protects us

Vatican News - Wed, 09/25/2024 - 02:48

During his weekly General Audience Wednesday morning, Pope Francis continues his catechesis series on the Holy Spirit and reminds that despite Satan's attempts to distract and tempt us, the Lord enables us to free ourselves of his trickery and deception.

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Pope: the world is being destroyed, stop the wars while there is still time

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 11:55

In his message to the participants at the International Meeting for Peace organised by the Community of Sant'Egidio in Paris from 22 to 24 September following the Spirit of Assisi event called for by John Paul II in 1986, Pope Francis invites political leaders to silence weapons and exhorts believers to make fraternity grow in the world.

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An overview of the Church in Luxembourg

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 11:01

As Pope Francis prepares to travel to Belgium and Luxembourg for his 46th Apostolic Journey we offer an overview of the Church in Belgium

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An overview of the Church in Belgium

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 10:47

As Pope Francis prepares to travel to Belgium and Luxembourg for his 46th Apostolic Journey we offer an overview of the Church in Belgium

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Preparations for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, Korea unveiled

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 10:42

At a press conference at the Holy See Press Office, Archbishop Soon-Taick Chung of Seoul, Korea, and Bishop Kyung Sang Lee, WYD coordinator, speak about the 2027 international youth gathering of the 2027 World Youth Day (WYD) to be hosted in the nation's capital, Seoul.

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Thousand flee homes in Lebanon as Israeli strikes intensify

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 10:19

Fears of escalation rise as Israel strikes targets in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah retaliates with rocket attacks.

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Canadian bishops discuss Synod, Jubilee at Plenary Assembly

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 10:05

The annual assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), is being held in the Archdiocese of Quebec, as the local Church marks the 350th anniversary of its foundation.

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Cardinal Parolin: 'Dialogue and development are the keys for peace'

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 09:44

Speaking at the Summit of the Future Cardinal Pietro Parolin says the United Nations high-level event offers a reason for hope amid the current crisis of multilateralism, and calls for concrete actions towards a safer, more peaceful, sustainable and inclusive world for tomorrow’s generations.

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World Communications Day 2025 theme calls for gentleness

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 07:23

Pope Francis chooses the theme for World Communications Day 2025 that calls on people to "share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts", communication that creates the condition for dialogue.

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Pope: Free Aung San Suu Kyi; Vatican ready to welcome her

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 06:05

The Jesuit periodical “La Civiltà Cattolica” publishes its account of Pope Francis” private visits with Jesuits in Indonesia, East Timor, and Singapore.

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Archbishop Gallagher appeals for freedom of religion and conscience

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:56

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, addresses the Conference of the Senate of the Republic of Poland on “Freedom of Conscience and Religion in the Context of a Democratic State,” and, following the calls of recent Popes and Pope Francis, appeals for bolstering and encouraging these liberties.

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DRC - The commitment of religious denominations to peace in South Kivu

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:54

The interreligious meeting for peace held this week in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, has concluded on a hopeful note. It brought together three provinces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which for decades have been plagued by violence committed by dozens of militia groups.

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Conference in India highlights Church synodality and women leadership

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:33

The sixth session of the National Women’s Conference of the Catholic Church in India convened this past week in Jharsuguda, drawing 453 participants from 132 dioceses to the Regional Pastoral Centre, Utkal Jyoti.

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Cardinal Ranjith urges new Sri Lanka president to prioritize the poor

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:28

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has called on newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to focus on the needs of the poor as he takes on the leadership of Sri Lanka.

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Meet the new National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies USA

Vatican News - Tue, 09/24/2024 - 00:42

In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican News, Father Roger J. Landry, the new National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies USA, welcomes his responsibility saying that since he was a little boy reading the lives of the great missionary martyrs, he had a desire to spread the faith.

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Pope Francis set for visit to Luxembourg and Belgium

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 11:05

The director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, offers details of Pope Francis' 46th Apostolic Journey abroad, which takes him to Luxembourg and Belgium, saying the visit bears the theme of peace "at a time when the continent risks being pulled into conflict again."

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