Posted on 10/19/2026 03:30 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV appoints 24 members of the International Theological Commission and renews the mandates of 6 others who served during its previous five-year term.
Posted on 10/19/2026 01:49 AM ()
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille, calls for a return to peace following clashes and unrest that have rocked France over the last few days, condemning the violence as “unacceptable,” a message echoed by Lyon’s Archbishop Olivier de Germay.
Posted on 10/19/2026 00:54 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV will not travel to his residence in Castel Gandolfo this week but instead continue his recovery at the Vatican, and will hold his Wednesday General Audience on October 21, according to the Holy See Press Office.
Posted on 10/19/2026 00:52 AM ()
Among their other busy Apostolates of Education, Health Care, Pastoral and Social services, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (MSHR), Southern Nigerian Region, are providing an enabling environment, suitable for rest, spiritual renewal and human growth to all, including priests, religious and lay people from all walks of life.
Posted on 10/18/2026 05:08 AM ()
The crisis in Yemen deepens with renewed fighting that has left hundreds of thousands of people displaced.
Posted on 10/18/2026 03:26 AM ()
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France in demonstrations against rising living costs and government policies. Violent clashes between protesters and riot police left vehicles burning, shops damaged, and nearly 1,800 people arrested. Journalists were also attacked during the unrest.
Posted on 10/18/2026 03:05 AM ()
On World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV prays that the Church might always remain faithful to Jesus’ exhortation to “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to all creation”
Posted on 10/18/2026 01:27 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV thanks doctors, nurses, and staff at the Gemelli Hospital for their care during his recent hospitalization, and expresses gratitude “to all those who have prayed for me over these past few days”.
Posted on 10/18/2026 01:27 AM ()
The Catholic Diocese of Solwezi recently joined the universal Church in the global campaign of "One Million Children Praying the Rosary for Peace and Unity in the World." The prayer event took place at St. Daniel Cathedral Parish in Solwezi, the provincial capital of North-Western Province in Zambia.
Posted on 10/18/2026 01:16 AM ()
In his first public event following surgery last Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the famous saying of Christ, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s”, explaining that Jesus is calling us “to be truthful, free from servile fear or hypocrisy, free to do good”.