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Pope boards Bel Espoir youth ship: 'You represent hope in a divided world'
Posted on 10/17/2025 11:08 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV greets a group of young people aboard the “Med 25 Bel Espoir” moored in the Port of Ostia, praising their efforts to promote dialogue and understanding across cultures, religions, and nationalities and thanking them for being witnesses of hope.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Stop the stigma
Posted on 10/17/2025 07:52 AM ()
17 October marks the International Day dedicated to the eradication of poverty. This year, the UN is focusing on ending “social and institutional maltreatment by ensuring respect and effective support for families”.
Digital Rerum Novarum: AI at the service of justice and peace
Posted on 10/17/2025 05:40 AM ()
A Conference at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences brings together experts from across the world to share Artificial Intelligence knowledge and experience at the service of peace, social justice and integral human development.
Pope to Receive King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Vatican
Posted on 10/17/2025 05:29 AM ()
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will make a State visit to the Vatican on 23 October 2025.
Pope Leo appoints Josef Grünwidl as new Archbishop of Vienna
Posted on 10/17/2025 05:07 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV appoints Josef Grünwidl as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna, Austria.
Pope to Russian pilgrims: Each of us is a living stone in the building of the Church
Posted on 10/17/2025 04:30 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV receives in audience a group of pilgrims from Russia and encourages them to continue in their Christian journey after the conclusion of the pilgrimage.
Patriarch Sako: Iraq’s Christians ‘have a vocation in this country'
Posted on 10/17/2025 02:34 AM ()
The head of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church speaks to Vatican News about the reconsecration of the historic Al-Tahira church in Mosul's Old City.
Zambia: PMS-Solwezi Diocese promotes ‘A Million Children Praying the Rosary’
Posted on 10/16/2025 08:52 AM ()
The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the Catholic Diocese of Solwezi recently launched ‘A Million Children Praying the Rosary for Peace and Unity in the World’ campaign 2025. This initiative aimed to encourage school children to participate in a global prayer movement that recognises the Rosary as a powerful spiritual tool to foster peace and unity worldwide.
Holy See: Structural causes must be identified to eradicate poverty
Posted on 10/16/2025 08:48 AM ()
Addressing a United Nations Committee in New York, the Holy See Permanent Observer to the UN marks World Food Day, noting that structural causes need to be identified and addressed in order to eradicate poverty and hunger.
President of Tutela Minorum: Protecting minors is inseparable from listening to victims
Posted on 10/16/2025 08:08 AM ()
As the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors publishes on Thursday its second Annual Report on Church Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding, its President, Archbishop Thibault Verny, speaks to Vatican News about the body’s work, listening to the victims and walking with local Churches to promote safeguarding measures.