Vatican & World News

-   Aid groups warn of dire consequences for civilians as Sudan’s army opens new offensives against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces 

-   The UN Secretary-General condemns attacks on civilian areas in both Russia and Ukraine

-   Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, joins a group of young people from across the Mediterranean for five days of encounter, prayer and reflection dedicated to peace

-   Pope Leo will travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in September – repeating the first outing he made as pontiff last year.

-   The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar reflects on synodality in the Church in Africa at the the first preparatory seminar for the 2028 Ecclesial Assembly.

-   Caritas Cuba continues to provide access to food and basic necessities to the most vulnerable during an ongoing economic crisis in the country.

-   Pope Leo carries out a pastoral visit to Assisi, telling the thousands of young people gathered there to make courageous lifelong commitments

-   Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, decries the current situation of “neither war nor peace” in the Holy Land

-   We speak to President of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference about Pope Leo’s upcoming Apostolic Visit to the country

-   Pope Leo urges Catholic communicators to shape a digital culture that serves the truth and defends human dignity 

-   The Catholic Church in Tangier gets to work helping Moroccan migrants returning from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta

-   An Indonesian Vatican official returns to his native village with relics from Rome, in a quest to turn it into a center for prayer and pilgrimage.

-   Pope Leo will meet thousands of young Europeans in Assisi on Thursday to mark the end of a Franciscan gathering centred on peace, forgiveness and vocation.

-   The organizers of the 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul, South Korea release the event’s official hymn.

-   Zanzibar gears up to host the 6th edition of the International Kitesurf Race, dedicated to bringing people together from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds.