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January 17, 2025 Vatican & World News 17.01.2025
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January 16, 2025 Vatican & World News 16.01.2025
- Church leaders in the Holy Land react with cautious optimism to the prospect of a ceasefire in Gaza
- UNICEF warns of the dangers unexploded ordnance poses to children in Syria
- Pope Francis highlights the importance of interreligious dialogue in building peaceful coexistence
14 min
January 15, 2025 Vatican & World News 15.01.2025
- The Pope calls any form of child abuse “a despicable and heinous act."
- A possible ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel remains in the works.
- Cuba announces it will release 553 people from prison during this Jubilee Year.
14 min
January 14, 2025 Vatican & World News 14.01.2025
14 min
January 13, 2025 Vatican & World News 13.01.2025
- Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas reach a critical stage
- We look at the regional impact of a newly appointed President in Lebanon and a totally new political scenario in Syria
- The death toll is on the rise in Los Angeles where fires continue to burn homes, suburbs and land
14 min
January 12, 2025 Vatican & World News 12.01.2025
- Pope Francis says he is close to Los Angeles residents as they flee their homes and suburbs burnt to the ground by devastating fires
- On the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the Holy Father baptizes 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel reminding their families that Baptism is the greatest gift
- He reiterates his tireless appeal for peace as fighting continues to kill in Ukraine, the Middle East and across the world

14 min
January 11, 2025 Vatican & World News 11.01.2025
- Pope Francis expresses closeness to the victims of devastating fires in the US city of Los Angeles
- Sr Dorothy Stang becomes the first American woman to be included in a memorial for modern martyrs
- The first special General Audience for the Jubilee Year takes place in the Vatican

14 min
January 10, 2025 Vatican & World News 10.01.2025
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January 09, 2025 Vatican & World News 09.01.2025
-   Pope Francis urges Vatican ambassadors to employ a diplomacy of hope
-   Amid continuing Israeli strikes, the Health Ministry in Gaza says over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave since 7 October 2023
-   The consecration of a new church in Jordan is a sign of unity and continuity for Middle East Christians

14 min
January 08, 2025 Vatican & World News 08.01.2025
-   A Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest is injured in a drone attack on his way to celebrating the liturgy for the Epiphany.
-   The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar issues a statement of peace for the new year.
-   The Pope uses the first General Audience of 2025 to call out the scourge of child labor.
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