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Cardinal Parolin: Time is running out to act on climate
Posted on 11/7/2025 06:14 AM ()
In an interview on the sidelines of the Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil, ahead of COP30, Cardinal Parolin speaks to Vatican News of the Church’s commitment to offer an ethical response to Climate Change, warning that environmental crises now displace more people than wars.
A glimpse into contemplative life: Sr. Elisabeth on the Carmel in Sweden
Posted on 11/7/2025 06:05 AM ()
In Sweden, where Catholics make up less than two percent of the population and contemplative orders are underrepresented, Sister Elisabeth from the Carmelite monastery of Glumslöv offers an extraordinary look at a way of life that is almost completely unknown in Scandinavia.
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, high stakes at COP30 in the Amazon
Posted on 11/7/2025 05:29 AM ()
A summit of world leaders is underway in Belém, Brazil, a few days before the official opening of COP30 climate conference. With 2024 being the hottest year on record, and the first to exceed the threshold of 1.55°C above pre-industrial levels, our correspondent in Belém takes a closer look at what's at stake.
Bridges of hope among young people from Israel, Palestine, and United States
Posted on 11/7/2025 05:21 AM ()
During the second edition of the “Meaning Meets Us” gathering, organized by Scholas Occurrentes on November 2-5 in Rome, young university students discover a space where they can speak without fear, recognize one another as equals, and dream together of peace.
Pope: 'Entrepreneurs and communicators must seek common good'
Posted on 11/7/2025 04:55 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV calls on communicators to seek the common good and exercise caution against anything that dehumanizes or manipulates others, during an audience with the Advisory Board of the RCS Academy.
Pope: Catholic education in Africa should offer signs of hope
Posted on 11/7/2025 04:45 AM ()
Meeting with a group dedicated to quality Catholic education in Africa, Pope Leo XIV calls for Catholic schools on the continent to respond to students’ silent cries for help.
Pope to religious: Avoid 'stagnation' in governance, inspire hope in your brothers
Posted on 11/7/2025 04:40 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with participants in the 65th General Assembly of the Italian Conference of Major Superiors, and reflects on how synodality can help them guide their religious communities and missions.
Pope Leo: 'We must commit to preventing addiction'
Posted on 11/7/2025 04:19 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV sends a video message to Italy's 7th National Conference on Addictions, and proposes a path to concretely combat the phenomenon of addiction and the tendency of young people to "withdraw into themselves."
Catholic conference on mental health: Dignity is antedote to isolation
Posted on 11/7/2025 03:05 AM ()
As mental health issues continue to grow around the world, the Ministry of Hope Catholic Conference on Mental Wellbeing, held in Rome, highlights how the Church is working to combat isolation and individualism with an emphasis on human dignity.
Pope Leo: AI must reflect the design of God the Creator
Posted on 11/7/2025 02:43 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV urges participants in the “Builders AI Forum” to ensure that artificial intelligence serves human dignity, justice, and the common good, and notes that the development of ethical technology must be a shared, ecclesial mission reflecting God the Creator’s design: “intelligent, relational, and guided by love.”