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Pope Leo XIV urges Amazonian Bishops to announce Christ with clarity
Posted on 08/18/2025 10:30 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the importance of preaching Jesus Christ clearly and with immense charity among the inhabitants of the Amazonia region, in a message to the Summit of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon Region happening this week.
Zelenskyy urges U.S. and Europe to stand with Ukraine as Russia escalates attacks
Posted on 08/18/2025 07:42 AM ()
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for unwavering U.S. and European support as Russia intensified deadly strikes on multiple Ukrainian cities ahead of high-stakes talks in Washington with President Donald J. Trump and other world leaders.
Bolivian presidential election goes to second round
Posted on 08/18/2025 07:28 AM ()
Moderate centrist Rodrigo Paz has surprised political pundits and shocked pollsters, by winning the first round of Bolivia’s Presidential Election, with a second-round runoff set for October 19th.
Catholic university network SACRU elects new president
Posted on 08/18/2025 04:30 AM ()
The Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU) elects Isabel Capeloa Gil, the rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, as its new president.
Missionaries, prophets, guides: Women’s pilgrimage to Poland’s Piekary Shrine
Posted on 08/18/2025 02:22 AM ()
As tens of thousands of women make an annual Marian pilgrimage, the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland urges Catholics to ensure that their lives embody the face and love of God.
Pakistan resumes relief work after heavy rains disrupted emergency efforts
Posted on 08/18/2025 02:20 AM ()
In the wake of the deadly flooding that killed more than 300 across Pakistan, India and Nepal, relief and rescue efforts resume in the worst-hit country of Pakistan after heavy rains in flood-hit areas disrupted emergency efforts.
Faithful throng La Vang shrine for Assumption celebration in Vietnam
Posted on 08/18/2025 02:05 AM ()
More than 90,000 Catholics converged on the national shrine of Our Lady of La Vang in central Vietnam on August 15 to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Philippine government pledges funds after bishops raise alarm on child nutrition
Posted on 08/18/2025 01:46 AM ()
The Philippine government has assured the country’s Catholic bishops that it is committing billions of pesos to tackle what Church leaders have described as a national crisis in child nutrition and education.
Pope at lunch with the poor: We are God’s most beautiful creation
Posted on 08/17/2025 07:02 AM ()
Before sharing a lunch with the poor supported by Caritas Albano in the Gardens of the Pontifical Villas, the Pope explained that each one of us is made in the image of God, and that “we can find God’s presence in everyone.”
Pope Leo: The Lord invites us to persevere in doing good
Posted on 08/17/2025 04:48 AM ()
Before leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV reminds us that "acting in truth has its cost, because there are those in the world who choose lies." He urges us "not to respond to insolence with vengeance." Jesus asks us to remain "faithful to the truth in love," like the martyrs, whom we can imitate "in different circumstances and ways."