Vatican & World News

 - Pope Leo reflects on the ministry of bishops in a letter to the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean

 - With the war against Ukraine still ongoing, Russians head to the polls for parliamentary elections

 - The Church continues to prepare for the next World Youth Day, which will be held in Seoul, South Korea, in 2027

-   A short documentary made in collaboration with the Vatican begins its journey to the Oscars

-   The new Holy See Observer tells the United Nations that hate speech erodes the conditions in which freedom of expression can flourish.

-   A week ahead of the Pope’s apostolic journey to France, the Vatican releases more details about the visit

- Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to Uruguay in early November, the country’s Bishops make their ad limina Apostolorum visit this week.

- Cardinal Pietro Parolin states he is ‘concerned’ over states ‘going it alone’ on artificial intelligence.

- A UK Catholic charity trustee reflects on how Catholics’ generosity can be better connected to the Church’s mission and teaching.

-   Three Vatican dicasteries release a joint note marking the 60th anniversary of the declaration Nostra aetate

-   A conference in the Vatican asks whether the 21st century is a ‘New Age of Martyrs’

-   At the General Audience, Pope Leo says that our growing interdependence must find its fulfilment in a deeper spiritual communion between persons

 

-   Residents of the last Christian village in the West Bank have launched a civil case against the Israeli settlers

-   Pope Leo stresses shared responsibility in the face of social, economic and technological challenges                                 

-   The World Catholic Association for Communication awards its Film Prize to a Japanese film about friendship

-   25 years after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, the Archbishop of New York speaks about the impact of the tragedy

-   The UK Parliament votes against proposed assisted dying legislation, which the Bishops of England and Wales had warned was “dangerous and flawed”

-   We speak to Jack Matika, a member of Kenya’s Koinonia Association, which helps young people sleeping rough on the streets of Nairobi

-   Pope Leo XVI invites new bishops to keep their hearts open to everyone amid rapid global change

-   A North-South socio-environmental dialogue promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America offers a multilateral response to the major transformations occurring in the Americas

-   On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the 11 September attacks on New York’s World Trade Centre, the New York Fire Department Chief of Operations at the time honours those who lost their lives with an initiative to “Give Back”