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Thai Bishops call Catholics to act as ‘moral force’ in upcoming polls
Posted on 01/28/2026 04:48 AM ()
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (CBCT) issues a pastoral letter urging Catholics across the country to vote responsibly in the forthcoming general election on February 8.
Pope Leo: May horror of genocide never again be inflicted upon any people
Posted on 01/28/2026 04:26 AM ()
At the conclusion of the General Audience, Pope Leo recalls International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed on 27 January, and invokes “the gift of a world without antisemitism,” free from prejudice, oppression, and persecution, and founded on “mutual respect and the common good.”
Pope Leo: 'My thoughts go to the beloved people of Mozambique'
Posted on 01/28/2026 03:55 AM ()
During his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV remembers the "beloved people of Mozambique," struck by devastating floods, and expresses his prayers for the victims and reassures his closeness to loved ones, the displaced, and rescue workers.
Pope at Audience: The Word of God is the guide for our existence
Posted on 01/28/2026 03:30 AM ()
During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his reflection on the Dogmatic Constitution 'Dei Verbum' on Divine Revelation and emphasizes the close relationship between Sacred Scripture and Tradition.
81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz: 'Let memory become a light'
Posted on 01/28/2026 03:09 AM ()
At Auschwitz-Birkenau commemorations, speakers warn against reducing memory to ritual, urging instead that it serve as a guiding light and ethical responsibility. A survivor and the Museum Director describe remembrance as crucial amid growing global instability.
Ratzinger Foundation: Father Roberto Regoli appointed new President
Posted on 01/28/2026 01:25 AM ()
After ten years as the President of the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, the mandate of Father Federico Lombardi comes to an end, and Father Roberto Regoli, the new President, thanks Father Lombardi and looks ahead to an “exciting five-year period” for the Foundation with the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of Benedict XVI in 2027.
Pope Leo: Let us raise our voices for peace
Posted on 01/27/2026 14:40 PM ()
The Pope makes a brief statement to journalists in Castel Gandolfo and, commenting on the situation in the Middle East, urges people to pray for peace. Recalling Holocaust Remembrance Day, he says: “Let us fight against all forms of antisemitism.”
South Sudan’s Bishops alarmed by inflammatory language from senior military
Posted on 01/27/2026 09:47 AM ()
South Sudan’s Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba and President of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference (SSSCBC), Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, has condemned recent inflammatory language from senior military officials. He stated that the Sudanese Bishops strongly oppose calls for indiscriminate violence in Jonglei State.
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz Director warns of fading memory
Posted on 01/27/2026 07:45 AM ()
Former prisoners of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau view what is happening in the world today with concern. They ask themselves whether the most difficult lesson of their lives will continue to offer humanity any wisdom at all, says the Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, in an interview with Vatican News on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Pope on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Church rejects all forms of antisemitism
Posted on 01/27/2026 06:14 AM ()
Eighty-one years after the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp was liberated, we remember the millions of lives lost to the Holocaust and focus on preventing the recurrence—in any form—of this form of “hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice”.