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‘Even just one of these children’ announced as title of World Migrants Day
Posted on 04/9/2026 04:37 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV releases the theme for the 2026 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which focuses on the need for pastoral care for minors on the move.
Apostolic Nuncio: Lebanon deserves peace; war is death
Posted on 04/9/2026 04:37 AM ()
Archbishop Paolo Borgia, the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, laments the death and destruction caused by Israeli attacks on the country, and calls for dialogue to promote peace, in an interview with Vatican News.
Pope to Olympic athletes: Sport must keep human person at its center
Posted on 04/9/2026 03:33 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with a delegation of Italian Olympic and Paralympic athletes who competed at the Milan-Cortina Games, and upholds the value of sport as a place of encounter and self-mastery.
Catholic Bishops tell Nigerians: The resurrection offers us a new beginning. Hold on to hope!
Posted on 04/9/2026 03:06 AM ()
Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, speaking on behalf of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, has told Nigerians not to lose hope, regardless of the many challenges they face. He added that a new dawn is coming.
Last Christian village on Israeli border: 'We want a Lebanon that lives in peace'
Posted on 04/8/2026 06:40 AM ()
Fr. Toni Elias, a Lebanese Maronite parish priest in Rmeich - the last village in the south of the country on the border with Israel. Despite the news that the ceasefire does not extend to Lebanon, he says, “We do not give up—on the contrary, we trust in the Lord. This is what truly makes us a resilient people in the midst of this tide of war and conflict that surrounds us.”
Cardinal Parolin: We need more voices calling for peace
Posted on 04/8/2026 03:00 AM ()
In a recent interview with the Italian quarterly 'Dialoghi,' Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, discusses the fragility of diplomacy, the rise of the logic of the strongest, the importance of the United Nations, and the need to empty nuclear arsenals.
Pope welcomes Middle East ceasefire, invites faithful to join prayer vigil for peace
Posted on 04/8/2026 02:54 AM ()
Pope Leo welcomes the news of a ceasefire in the Middle East and asks that all parties engage in prolonged dialogue to reach an end to the conflict. He also invites men and women of goodwill across the world to join him in prayer for peace on Saturday 11 April.
Pope at Audience: 'Holiness is not a privilege for the few'
Posted on 04/8/2026 02:31 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV continues his catechesis series on the Dogmatic Constitution 'Lumen gentium,' and reminds us that holiness 'is not a privilege for the few,' but for all the baptized, and 'is manifested in our daily life every time we receive it with joy and respond to Him.'
Pope: The threat against the entire Iranian people is unacceptable
Posted on 04/7/2026 12:57 PM ()
Addressing journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV asks "all people of goodwill to always search for peace and to reject war," calls for a return to the negotiating table to pursue peaceful solutions, and notes that attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law.
President of American Bishops urges Trump to step back from brink
Posted on 04/7/2026 12:39 PM ()
The President of the US Bishops' Conference appeals to President Donald Trump to avoid going through with his threat to “destroy the whole Iranian civilization" if Tehran does not agree to re-open the Strait of Hormuz.