Posted on 08/30/2025 03:07 AM ()
Following the UN Security Council's decision to end its peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, Bishop César Essayan, Apostolic Vicar of Beirut, expresses concern over the effects of the decision while hoping for 'a dignified peace' in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Posted on 08/30/2025 02:59 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, for a private audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.
Posted on 08/30/2025 02:55 AM ()
On the anniversary of the ceasefire declared by the IRA on 31 August 1994, which marked a crucial turning point in the peace process in Northern Ireland, we republish excerpts from a speech given last April at Queen's University in Belfast by one of the protagonists of the Good Friday Agreement signed on 10 April 1998, former US Senator George J. Mitchell.
Posted on 08/30/2025 02:54 AM ()
On 31 August 1994 the IRA publicly announced a ceasefire, a crucial step on the way to the landmark 1998 Good Friday Agreement that brought an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Posted on 08/30/2025 02:51 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV will preside at the opening Mass for the General Chapter of the Order of St. Augustine on September 1 in the Basilica of St. Augustine in Campo Marzio, Rome.
Posted on 08/29/2025 23:47 PM ()
An Irish missionary has been released from captivity in Haiti, along with 6 orphanage staff and a 3-year-old child, following a kidnap ordeal that lasted nearly a month.
Posted on 08/29/2025 06:24 AM ()
As the Church marks the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Abbot Marion Nguyen reflects on "The false virtues: why our culture's strengths are really sins".
Posted on 08/29/2025 06:16 AM ()
United Nations officials are warning of potentially devastating consequences from Israel’s planned military takeover of Gaza City
Posted on 08/29/2025 06:12 AM ()
The death toll from Russian rocket and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv continues to rise. Authorities said Friday that at least 23 people, including children, were killed overnight in the deadliest assault on the city in months.
Posted on 08/29/2025 05:30 AM (USCCB News Releases)
WASHINGTON – As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) increases in the workplace, we must “advocate for the responsible use of technology, robust protection for those vulnerable to exploitation,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak in a statement for Labor Day (Sept. 1). Archbishop Gudziak echoed Pope Leo XIV’s encouragement for the Church to turn to its social teaching in response to AI.
“My brother bishops and I are particularly mindful those among us who are already vulnerable—immigrant workers, farm laborers, low-wage earners, and young people—who often suffer the greatest effects of economic disruptions. Catholics should insist that the benefits of emerging technology are shared equitably.”
Archbishop Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
The full Labor Day statement is available here (Spanish).
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