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Holy See: Christians are most persecuted religious community in world

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN in Geneva, highlights the persecution that Christians face across the world and emphasizes that nations must ensure religious freedom.

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Lebanon’s Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops call for peace

Amid ongoing violence in the Middle East, the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon releases a statement warning that escalation threatens human dignity and calling for dialogue, national unity, and renewed international efforts for peace.

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Cardinal Cupich: 'We must embrace principles to avoid wars'

In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, calls for restraint to avoid unnecessary military escalation abroad and prevent things from quickly spiraling out of control. He also urges overcoming polarization and protecting the human dignity of all peoples in the United States, in a way that ensures law and human rights are not opposed, but united.

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Pope receives advanced telehealth device for children‘s healthcare

The “Patrons of the World's Children Hospital” donate a TELADOC LITE telemedicine system to Pope Leo XIV for paediatric care for children in need.

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JRS offers aid to displaced migrants amid growing violence in Lebanon

As violence intensifies in Lebanon, hundreds of thousands of people are being displaced around the country, prompting humanitarian organizations to respond urgently to growing needs for shelter, food, and psycho-social support.

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How the Benedictine monks in Jerusalem are living the war

The abbot of the German-speaking Benedictine Abbey of the Dormition in Jerusalem describes the monks' reaction to the outbreak of the war with Iran.

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"We cannot remain silent": UISG to hold global prayer for peace

The International Union of Superiors General (UISG) calls for "prayer, fasting, and action for an unarmed and disarming peace" to take place on Friday, March 6, at 3:30 pm (Rome time). The event will be livestreamed and open to the faithful and all people of goodwill.

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AI companies aim ‘not to help workers, but to replace them'

William Jones of the Future of Life Institute speaks to Vatican News about the current state of AI development, the impact it is already having on human beings, and the role of religion in carving out a positive future for our species.

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South Sudan: The strong condemnation of the Bishops following massacre in Jonglei State

Members of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference (SSSCBC) have strongly condemned what some UN agencies have described as yet another massacre of innocent civilians in South Sudan’s Jonglei State

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Cardinal Parolin: Preventive wars risk setting the world ablaze

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks to Vatican News about events in the Middle East, warning of a dangerous rise of multipolarism marked by the primacy of power.

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