Vatican & World News

-   Israel’s cabinet meets to discuss a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah

- A UN report details how the number of children in armed gangs in Haiti has increased by 70% since 2023 

-   We speak to Professor Sebastian Brock of Oxford University about the Pope’s recent decision to add a 7th century Middle East mystic to the Catholic Church’s calendar of saints

-   Pope Francis urges young Holy Land peacemakers to keep hope alive

-   He reflects on how dialogue prevented war between Chile and Argentina 40 years ago

-   We mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

 

-   The international criminal court issues an arrest warrant for the leaders of Israel and Hamas

-   In a meeting with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Cuture and Education, Pope Francis says the organisation is morally obliged to help the 250 million children who do not attend school

-   We speak to a bishop in Pakistan about the persecution of Christians in the country

-   The Vatican publishes a new book outlining a simplified funerary ritual for the pontiff.

-   The United Nations estimates that all 2 million Gazans are at risk of starvation.

-   A Ukrainian student sends the Pope a letter marking 1,000 days of war in the country.