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Central African Republic bishops express desire for peace amid violence

Bishops Juan Josè Aguirre and Aurelio Gazzera, Bishop and Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, respectively, emphasize in a pastoral letter that they are “deeply concerned about the violence affecting the Central African Republic."

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Pope Leo XIV speaks with the Prime Minister of Spain by phone

Pope Leo XIV expressed his gratitude for the King and Queen’s presence at his Mass at the beginning of his pontificate, and the Prime Minister renewed his invitation to visit Spain.

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Church in Latin America calls for a “just ecological transition”

The Colombian Embassy to the Holy See hosts a forum to address how the Church in Latin America is shaping social, economic, and environmentally sustainable development.

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Steps along path of Orthodox-Catholic dialogue

When officials of the Holy See made a pilgrimage through the Jubilee Holy Door this week, they were joined by an Orthodox theologian whose organization helped organize a major Catholic-Orthodox conference on the Council of Nicaea.

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South Sudan: No shame in working with your hands — Bishop’s advice to seminarians

Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio Diocese in South Sudan emphasised the importance of formation, responsibility, and self-help initiatives for seminarians in training, thereby shaping the future priests.

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IOR publishes the thirteenth edition of its Annual Report

The Institute for the Works of Religion has published its Annual Report, showing results that include a dividend of €13.8 million for the Pope, in line with the Institute’s mission to support religious and charitable works.

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Pope Leo prays for the victims of school shooting in Austria

At his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV prays for the victims, families, and those affected by the mass shooting at a high school in Graz, Austria.

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Pope at Audience: There is no cry God does not hear

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly General Audience and reflects on the Gospel account of the healing of the blind man who cried out to Jesus and began to follow Him after his sight was restored.

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Bethlehem residents lose work and land as situation deteriorates

Residents of Bethlehem in the Palestinian West Bank have seen unemployment rise to 31 percent and declining number of tourists impact their livelihoods, according to Joseph Hazboun, regional director of CNEWA-Pontifical Mission in Jerusalem.

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Kyiv’s historic Cathedral damaged in Russian air strikes

As Russian drones bomb the 11th-century Holy Wisdom Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak says the cathedral holds "unique spiritual symbolism and moral significance for the nation."

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