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Pope to Vatican communicators: 'Our prayer makes the difference'
Posted on 10/11/2025 10:40 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV warmly welcomes Vatican Dicastery for Communication's journalists and staff, along with their families, into the heart of the Vatican, and insists that the prayer that accompanies their daily work is what makes all the difference, even if the rest of the world may fail to understand that.
Vatican's Deepavali message: With shared values, let's join hands
Posted on 10/11/2025 09:28 AM ()
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue sends well wishes to those celebrating the Hindu feast of Deepavali, and invites Christians and Hindus to "join hands in both small and great ways to nurture peace in our homes, communities and societies."
Pope Leo to make official visit to Italy's president
Posted on 10/11/2025 08:06 AM ()
Pope Leo will visit the Quirinale Palace on Tuesday, where he will meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, reciprocating the Head of State's visit to the Vatican in June.
Holy See at UN: Build lasting peace through development, not military spending
Posted on 10/11/2025 05:25 AM ()
In 2024 global military spending reached $2.7 trillion, while the funding gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains at $4 trillion per year. For every dollar invested in peace, two are spent on war. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations tells the UN that: “Every increase in military spending represents resources that could have been used to meet people’s basic needs and to establish a lasting peace.”
CELAM to launch global training on the study and implementation of the Synod
Posted on 10/11/2025 04:03 AM ()
Starting 20 October 2025, the Council of Catholic Bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean, widely known by its acronym, CELAM, will launch a global digital training platform focused on the study and implementation of the Final Document of the Synod on Synodality.
Pope Leo meets with group of Italian hermits in Rome for Jubilee
Posted on 10/11/2025 03:52 AM ()
Pope Leo meets with a group of hermits in Rome for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life and encourages them to continue living out their vocation, helping the Church and all the faithful rediscover the importance of intimacy with God.
Pope: 'Faith and reason support and complement one another'
Posted on 10/11/2025 01:00 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV writes a message to the International Congress on Philosophy taking place in Asuncion, Paraguay, and reaffirms the complementary role of faith and reason, and the role of Christian believers who are called to be part of the dialogue and to 'account for the reason of their hope.'
Lord's Day Reflection: Mercy, Miracles, and Missed Thank-You Cards
Posted on 10/11/2025 00:00 AM ()
As the Church celebrates the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's Gospel reading.
Cardinal Parolin expresses ‘satisfaction’ over Gaza agreement
Posted on 10/10/2025 10:48 AM ()
The Cardinal Secretary of State speaks to journalists about the Israel-Hamas agreement signed in Egypt, the Holy See-China agreement on the appointment of bishops, and the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado.
Archbishop Broglio: Pope Leo understands the Church in the U.S
Posted on 10/10/2025 10:24 AM ()
Following the first formal meeting of Pope Leo XIV with the leadership of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks of the American bishops’ unity with the Holy See and its shared mission to proclaim the Gospel amid polarization and social challenges.