Vatican agency says 17 churchworkers murdered in 2025
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Seventeen Catholic priests, sisters, seminarians and lay workers were murdered in 2025, according to…
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World hunger is ‘collective failure,’ Pope Leo says on World Food Day
ROME (CNS) — “Allowing millions of human beings to live—and die—as victims of hunger is a…
Pope asks Catholics to support missions with prayer, donations
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In separate videos recorded in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV…
‘Dilexi Te’ is 100-per-cent Pope Leo’s, Cardinal Czerny says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”) on the Church’s…
‘No idea, faith or policy justifies killing,’ pope says at prayer vigil
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the presence of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima,…
Love for the poor is hallmark of faith, pope says in first exhortation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Many Christians “need to go back and re-read the Gospel” because they…
Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV’s first papal trip abroad will be to Turkey and…
Parolin sees ‘perverse spiral of hatred’ in Israel-Gaza war
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago “was inhuman and indefensible,”…
Proclaiming the Gospel includes welcoming migrants, pope says at Jubilee
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of…
Migrants, refugees are often models of hope and faith, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Migrants and refugees often are “privileged witnesses of hope through their resilience…
Schwarzenegger says joint action needed to ‘terminate’ pollution
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters he knows that people get “pumped up” spiritually…