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Haiti: Kenya sends reinforcements to boost peacekeeping force

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 04:45

Kenya confirms it will send 600 reinforcements to bolster the Police who are a Peacekeeping Force in the crisis-ridden nation of Haiti.

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Pope highlights human dignity in address to Academy of Sciences

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 03:58

In published remarks addressed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Francis highlights the need to consider the human and ethical dimensions of scientific and technological progress.

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Flood-ravaged Southeast Asia struggles to recover from Typhoon Yagi’s devastation

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 03:29

More than a week after Typhoon Yagi and monsoon rains triggered severe flooding in multiple countries across Southeast Asia, the region remains in crisis mode as communities work to rebuild and recover.

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Ecumenical bishops’ meeting advocates rights for India’s Christian minorities

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 03:16

The National Ecumenical Bishops’ Fellowship Meeting, convened by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), gathered around 40 prominent leaders from various Christian denominations at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bengaluru.

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Cardinal McElroy: Pax Christi’s Nonviolence Institute will push to peripheries

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 03:09

As Pax Christi prepares to inaugurate a new Institute for Nonviolence, Cardinal Robert McElroy tells Vatican News that all forms of violence are contrary to the Gospel, saying Christians must overcome our blindness to conflicts in certain parts of the world.

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Pope commends 'Christmas Contest' for transmitting Christ's peace and joy

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 03:00

In his remarks addressed to the annual 'Christmas Contest,' the Holy Father reiterates how the Christ Child gives meaning to our loves and how Jesus 'speaks to them' in their annual Vatican-organized endeavor leading up to Christmas Day.

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Pope Francis cancels day’s audiences due to mild flu

Vatican News - Mon, 09/23/2024 - 01:50

Pope Francis has canceled his audiences scheduled for Monday due to a mild flu as a precautionary measure ahead of his upcoming visit to Luxembourg and Belgium.

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France's new government marks decisive shift to the right

Vatican News - Sun, 09/22/2024 - 09:04

Over two months after the parliamentary elections, France has a new government. Prime Minister Michel Barnier officially announced the names of the new ministers of what observers describe as “the most right-wing government” since that of François Fillon, under then-president Nicolas Sarkozy.

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UN concern as Israel-Lebanon situation worsens

Vatican News - Sun, 09/22/2024 - 08:55

Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has intensified, with rockets and drones being fires from both sides of the border.

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Cardinal Zenari: In Syria, the bomb of poverty is killing hope

Vatican News - Sun, 09/22/2024 - 07:46

Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio in Syria delivers a homily in which he shares the suffering of the Syrian people.

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Pope prays for peace and appeals for rights of prisoners

Vatican News - Sun, 09/22/2024 - 06:20

Pope Francis appeals for continued prayers for those who suffer in countries at war and upholds the rights of prison inmates.

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Pope mourns killing of environmental activist in Honduras

Vatican News - Sun, 09/22/2024 - 05:35

Pope Francis expresses grief for the murder of Juan Antonio Lopez, a “founding member of the integral ecology pastoral care in Honduras”, and says he stands close to those responding to the cry of the poor and the earth.

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Pope at Angelus: True greatness can be found in caring for the weakest

Vatican News - Sun, 09/22/2024 - 05:23

At the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis explains the Lord’s words on how true power and greatness do not lie in the dominion of the strongest, but in care for the weakest.

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Pope Francis: Migrants ask us to cultivate ‘dream of fraternity’

Vatican News - Sun, 09/22/2024 - 01:48

We publish the preface by Pope Francis to the book by Father Mattia Ferrari entitled, ‘Saved by migrants. Tale of a way of life'. In the book, published in the past days, by Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna (EDB), the chaplain of the APS Mediterranea Saving Humans describes his experience at sea in the work of rescuing migrants fleeing their countries in search of a better future

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Voters in Sri Lanka elections pin hopes on better economy

Vatican News - Sat, 09/21/2024 - 10:24

Voters in Sri Lanka head to the polls to elect a new president with results expected on Sunday 22 September. All are hoping whoever wins can improve the economy and lead the country to a prosperous future.

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Tens of thousands of soldiers dead in Russia/Ukraine war

Vatican News - Sat, 09/21/2024 - 09:03

Investigators say over 70,000 Russian soldiers have been confirmed killed in Ukraine since the Kremlin launched its invasion more than two and a half years ago. The news came amid reports of more fighting and attempts by the Ukrainian president to meet his U.S. counterpart and the presidential candidates.

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31 people killed, including children, in Israeli strike on Beirut

Vatican News - Sat, 09/21/2024 - 06:20

Lebanese authorities say around 31 people were killed by Friday’s Israeli airstrike on Beirut.

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Cardinal Parolin in New York for 79th UN General Assembly

Vatican News - Sat, 09/21/2024 - 06:12

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin travels to the U.S. from 22 to 30 September, to participate in events for High-Level Week 2024, including a Mass for the 60th anniversary of the Holy See at the UN.

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Newly ordained Bishops participate in Vatican formation course

Vatican News - Sat, 09/21/2024 - 05:28

Bishops ordained in the past 12 months from across the globe are in the Vatican for a comprehensive formation course. The event, which also includes newly consecrated bishops from the Eastern Churches, is organized by the Dicastery for Bishops, the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, and the Dicastery for Evangelization.

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Pope commends Italian Financial Police on their 250th anniversary

Vatican News - Sat, 09/21/2024 - 03:28

Pope Francis welcomes members of the “Guardia di Finanza” as they celebrate their 250th anniversary and thanks them for the institution’s historical and ongoing commitment to Italy’s economic and financial security.

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