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Thailand: Compassion in the villages of Chiang Mai
Posted on 12/17/2025 05:05 AM ()
Among rice paddies and temples in northern Thailand, Idente Missionaries live alongside families in villages, transforming their shared life into a place of encounter between the Gospel and local traditions.
Pope on Advent: Prepare for Christ's coming, don’t get lost in frenetic activity
Posted on 12/17/2025 04:05 AM ()
In his greetings to the faithful from the different language groups during the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV underlines the importance of Advent as a time of preparation, prayer, and reflection so that we may welcome the birth of Christ at Christmas.
Pope at Audience: Unjust investments come at 'bloody price of millions of human lives'
Posted on 12/17/2025 03:35 AM ()
In his catechesis at the weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV explains that our hearts can only find true rest in God and not in the many daily “activities that do not always leave us satisfied.”
Pope Leo to the sick: May the joy of Christmas accompany you all
Posted on 12/17/2025 03:04 AM ()
At a “small, slightly more personal” encounter inside the Paul VI Hall, Pope Leo XIV greets people with various illnesses and disabilities, offering a special blessing and the wish that “the joy of the Christmas season may accompany” them, their families, and their loved ones.
Pope to school children: At Christmas, build peace and unity
Posted on 12/16/2025 12:15 PM ()
Pope Leo XIV joins children at a school Christmas concert in Castel Gandolfo, and invites those present to communicate to all the gift of love at Christmas.
Pope thanks UISG for bearing testimony to Gospel at frontiers of mission
Posted on 12/16/2025 11:07 AM ()
In a letter sent on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the International Union of Superiors General, Pope Leo XIV urges women religious to be “pilgrims and missionary disciples of hope,” to heal the wounds of those they encounter.
Parolin: Invite Christ to be born every day in your heart
Posted on 12/16/2025 10:34 AM ()
Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin presides over at Mass in a hospital chapel in Rome, and visits the oncology ward, bringing Christmas greetings to the patients.
Nigeria: OLA Sisters plead for global help as 165 students and staff remain in captivity
Posted on 12/16/2025 07:41 AM ()
The Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) have made a further appeal to the Global Community to come to the aid of the 165 learners and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Nigeria, who have been in captivity for the fourth week since their abduction on 21 November.
Australian Pontifical Mission condemns Sydney attack
Posted on 12/16/2025 06:41 AM ()
The Australian direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies condemns the attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, in which 15 people were killed and 25 more injured.
DR Congo: Over 100,000 children displaced in South Kivu
Posted on 12/16/2025 05:54 AM ()
The UN children’s agency warns that children are being forced to flee as M23 rebels advance in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.