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March 13 Vatican & World News 13.03.2026
-   Pope Leo urges Christians who bear responsibility for war to make a serious examination of conscience.
-   Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe shares his experience visiting war-torn Ukraine over the last two weeks.
-   A Franciscan priest recounts the importance of displaying the relics of St. Francis for the first time ever.
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March 12 Vatican & World News 12.03.2026
-   Conflict in the Middle East continues to rage on into the 13th day with Iranian attacks on oil tanks in the Gulf.
-   At least sixty-four people died in southern Ethiopia after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in the Gamo Zone.
-   Pope Leo appoints Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín as the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, known as the Papal Almoner.
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March 11 Vatican & World News 11.03.2026
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March 10 Vatican & World News 10.03.2026
-   Pope Leo XIV expresses his sorrow for the death of a Maronite priest killed in Lebanon while he was assisting a parishioner
-   The Synod’s Study Group number 5 publishes its final report focusing on women in the Church
-   Environmental academics and representatives gather at the Laudato si’ Village to discuss integral ecology and sustainability
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March 09 Vatican & World News 09.03.2026
- The Israeli air force launches new strikes in three different areas of Iran
- The Order of Malta is working to support the population of Lebanon where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced
- The Holy See Press Office announces the itinerary for Pope Leo’s upcoming visit to Monaco
14 min
March 08 Vatican & World News 08.03.2026
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March 07 Vatican & World News 07.03.2026
-   Pope Leo highlights the importance of memory and living one’s service as an act of love towards all in an audience with the Military Ordinariate of Italy.
-   The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, voices his alarm over the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
-   Ahead of International Women’s Day, a Catholic organization in South Africa is working to combat gender-based violence on the parish level.
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March 06 Vatican & World News 06.03.2026
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March 05 Vatican & World News 05.03.2026
- The Middle East remains in turmoil with fresh strikes on Iran and retaliatory strikes throughout the region
- The Holy See says Christians are the most persecuted religious community in the world
- Pope Leo’s prayer intention for March 2026 is for “disarmament and peace"
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March 04 Vatican & World News 04.03.2026
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