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Pope: Only united in love can we overcome the constant threats of war

In a speech to the members of the Italian Military Ordinariate, Pope Leo emphasizes the importance of memory and of being at the service of those in need.

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Patriarch Sako: ‘War is not the solution’

As Iran strikes targets across Iraq in retaliation for Israeli-American airstrikes, the Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad tells Vatican News of his deep concern over the risk of a wider regional war, and calls on Iraq’s religious leaders to speak out for peace.

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Ukraine: Pope-supported social kitchen offers aid amid Kherson drone strikes

Dominican Father Mykhailo Romaniv regularly travels over 500 kilometers to the front lines to provide aid in one of the most war-torn cities, Kherson, through a social kitchen. A recent visit from Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe helps offer support and help to the community there in the midst of bombardments.

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Pope appoints Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S.

Pope Leo appoints Archbishop Gabriele Caccia - Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since 2019 - as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. In a statement, Archbishop Caccia highlights this new role as a “mission at the service of communion and peace.”

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Sunday Gospel Reflection: Lent at the well of truth

As the Church observes the Third Sunday of Lent, Abbot Marion Nguyen offers this reflection on “Lent at the well of truth”

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Sir James MacMillan on silence and sacred music

Sir James MacMillan receives a Doctorate Honoris Causa at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music and delivers a lecture on the spiritual and creative role of silence in sacred composition. In an interview with Vatican Radio, he reflects on tradition, liturgy, and the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI for contemporary composers.

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Tree planted in Vatican Gardens sign of responsibility towards creation

The National Order of Agronomists and Foresters gifts a gingko biloba tree to Pope Leo, which has been planted in the Vatican Gardens. At the planting ceremony, the Holy See's permanent observer to the FAO stresses that "in the ecological evils, humanity must always be the solution, never the problem."

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Holy See: Women must be at the heart of the digital transformation of the Americas

The Holy See asks that the digital transformation of the Americas place women and human dignity at its centre. Speaking at the Organization of American States during a session marking International Women’s Day, permanent observer Monsignor Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano also recalls Pope Leo XIV’s warning that women who face violence and exclusion are often “doubly poor.”

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News from the Orient - March 6th 2026

In this week’s news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L’Œuvre d’Orient, we turn to the escalating violence in the Middle East and its impact on communities in Lebanon, Iraq and the Holy Land.

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Holy See: Foreign debt perpetuates cycles of poverty and inequality

The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN in Geneva calls for efforts to overcome global inequalities exacerbated by foreign debt.

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