Pope’s diocesan WYD Message: In dark times, hope

In a letter ahead of the 38th diocesan World Youth Day, Pope Francis describes youth [...]

UNICEF: Millions of children globally face water scarcity due to climate change

According to a UNICEF report, one in three children globally live in areas with limited [...]

DRC: Church in Kinshasa prepares to celebrate Day of Diakonia.

There is need to be aware and objectively assess the needs of those in need [...]

Pope to Synod: The Holy Spirit guides us toward harmony and respectful listening

Pope Francis reminds the Synodal Assembly that the Holy Spirit is the Synod's protagonist, no [...]

“Laudate Deum”: the Pope’s cry for a response to the climate crisis

Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. We’re not reacting [...]

Theme for 2024 World Communication Day: Artificial intelligence

Pope Francis has chosen “Artificial intelligence and wisdom of the heart: for a fully human [...]

In Cabo Verde, the Franciscan month of October is lived with great joy

In most communities on the Cabo Verdean islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, [...]

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize for COVID vaccine

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of [...]

Pope at Audience: 'I have been to the heart of Asia, and it did me good'

During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on his recently-concluded Apostolic Journey to Mongolia, [...]

The Ulma family: a remarkable beatification of martyrdom

Killed for having hidden eight Jews in their home in 1944, the Ulma family is [...]