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Spain: Bishop condemns anti-migrant violence in Murcia
Posted on 07/14/2025 07:09 AM ()
Following a weekend of anti-migrant violence in Torre Pacheco, Spain, marked by far-right attacks on North African youths, the Bishop of Cartagena condemns the unrest and calls for peace, coexistence, and Christian witness in the face of rising tensions.
Missionaries of Africa: Safeguarding Minors from Abuse
Posted on 07/14/2025 05:55 AM ()
Fr. Lowrent Kamwanza of the Missionaries of Africa tells Vatican News that safeguarding children and vulnerable persons against all forms of abuse is an ongoing process of conversion, formation and accountability.
The collapse of Gaza and failure of the international community
Posted on 07/14/2025 04:28 AM ()
UN agencies warn of imminent collapse as bombings, hunger and forced displacement continue.
Seminarians kidnapped in attack on Nigerian seminary
Posted on 07/14/2025 03:34 AM ()
A security officer is killed and 3 seminarians are kidnapped in an armed attack at the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Edo State, Nigeria.
A Marian festival in Indonesia brings Christians and Muslims together
Posted on 07/14/2025 02:59 AM ()
For five weeks on Flores Island, 26 parishes partake in processions and prayers ahead of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Archbishop Gallagher embarks upon visit to India
Posted on 07/14/2025 01:10 AM ()
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, is visiting India this week to 'strengthen bonds of friendship and collaboration.'
A town in celebration welcomes the Pope
Posted on 07/13/2025 05:04 AM ()
A large and diverse crowd welcomed Pope Leo XIV for Mass at the parish of St. Thomas of Villanova, his first public event in the town of Castel Gandolfo, as thousands of people lined the main street connecting Villa Barberini to the Apostolic Palace and gathered in Freedom Square.
Air strike kills civilians in Gaza
Posted on 07/13/2025 04:41 AM ()
Emergency services say ten Palestinians, including six children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a refugee camp in Gaza on Saturday.
Pope Leo calls for prayers for peace and those suffering due to war
Posted on 07/13/2025 04:05 AM ()
At the conclusion of the Angelus in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV asked everyone to pray for all those who are suffering and in need due to war, while recalling Saturday's beatification in Barcelona of Marist Brother Licarion May, who was killed in the early 1900s out of hatred for the faith.
Pope at Angelus: We cannot cheat death, only serve life to gain eternal life
Posted on 07/13/2025 03:17 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus with the faithful in Castel Gandolfo, and reminds Christians that we gain eternal life by caring for others in service and love, not by cheating death.