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SECAM's 20th Plenary Assembly begins in Kigali
Posted on 07/30/2025 06:28 AM ()
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) is meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, for its 20th Plenary Assembly, which will focus on the theme “Christ, Source of Hope, Reconciliation, and Peace.”
UN human rights lawyer appeals for humanitarian action to save dying in Gaza
Posted on 07/30/2025 05:16 AM ()
A UN human rights lawyer speaks to Vatican News about the famine emergency in Gaza and the need for nations to act immediately to save the population, including 320,000 children, before it is too late.
World Day Against Human Trafficking: Over 50 million people exploited
Posted on 07/30/2025 04:21 AM ()
30 July marks the UN’s world day against trafficking in humans and organizations like Talitha Kum, the Pope John XXIII Community, and the UNODC release reports on the current situation.
Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
Posted on 07/30/2025 03:01 AM ()
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue promotes and supervises relations with members and groups of non-Christian religions, with the exception of Judaism. Following the method and criteria of dialogue established by the Second Vatican Council, and reached a milestone with the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity in 2019.
Pope Leo: We must preserve 'Spirit of Helsinki' to persevere in dialogue
Posted on 07/30/2025 02:09 AM ()
At the conclusion of his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV remembers the imminent 50-year anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Accords, stressing, 'Today more than ever, it is essential to preserve the 'spirit of Helsinki' to persevere in dialogue, to strengthen cooperation, and to make diplomacy the privileged path.'
Pope Leo on DRC attack: I pray for persecuted Christians
Posted on 07/30/2025 02:06 AM ()
In the wake of the deadly attack on a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Leo XIV launches an impassioned appeal for all efforts to be made to prevent such tragedies, and reassures all Christians suffering violence and persecution that he is praying for them.
Pope at Audience: May our means of communication heal you and not trouble you
Posted on 07/30/2025 01:11 AM ()
During his wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo encourages the faithful to learn to speak properly, using words that heal and not hurt.
Pope to young pilgrims: “Your voices will be heard to the ends of the earth"
Posted on 07/29/2025 15:08 PM ()
At the opening of the Jubilee of Youth, the Holy Father welcomes young people to St. Peter’s Square, inviting them to pray for peace: “Let us walk together with our faith in Jesus Christ.”
Pope’s August prayer intention: For mutual coexistence
Posted on 07/29/2025 07:20 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for August, 2025, inviting us to pray “that societies avoid internal conflicts due to ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons” and encouraging us to “seek paths of dialogue” and “respond to conflict with gestures of fraternity.”
Madonna of Monte Sant’Onofrio: only private devotion permitted
Posted on 07/29/2025 03:21 AM ()
The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith confirms the determination of “prae oculis habeatur” proposed by the Bishop of Trivento regarding the alleged supernatural phenomena at Monte Sant’Onofrio in Agnone, in the Molise region of Italy.