Posted on 09/15/2026 23:59 PM ()
Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, grants an interview to Vatican News to reflect on the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate.
Posted on 09/15/2026 23:21 PM ()
Continuing his catechesis on “Gaudium et spes", Pope Leo highlights how recognizing the interconnectedness of people challenges us to “evaluate today’s social and political projects based on the criteria of the dignity of the human person” with the goal of building a better world.
Posted on 09/15/2026 22:58 PM ()
Addressing participants in the Conference, titled, '21st Century: A New Age of Martyrs?' organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery's Commission for New Martyrs - Witnesses of the Faith, Pope Leo XIV commends the witnesses as "stars shining in the darkness of selfishness and oppression" who "help the Church to reflect more fully the light of Christ the Lord."
Posted on 09/15/2026 07:00 AM ()
In 1567, St Stanislaus Kostka left Vienna and crossed Germany on his way to Rome, hoping to enter the Society of Jesus against his father’s wishes. This year, young Polish pilgrims retraced the same 1,713-kilometer route to pray for vocations. At the tomb of St Stanislaus in the Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, they gave thanks for the pilgrimage with a Mass presided over by Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda.
Posted on 09/15/2026 06:30 AM ()
The Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia and the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Kuwait and Baghdad jointly led a pilgrimage to Mount Athos, which took place from September 6 to 9. The delegation received the blessing of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and was able to visit twelve of the twenty monasteries.
Posted on 09/15/2026 05:28 AM ()
The funerals of the 27 victims of the fire that devastated a school on 10 September in the Cimpunda district of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have taken place.
Posted on 09/15/2026 04:43 AM ()
A medieval treasure linking faith, history and craftsmanship is being brought back to life through a new facsimile edition. The first of five volumes of the Bible of Aquileia is presented to the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and of Social Sciences in the Vatican.
Posted on 09/15/2026 03:17 AM ()
In his remarks at the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, calls for the responsible use of nuclear technology, which is “inseparable from the commitments and responsibilities that accompany it.”
Posted on 09/15/2026 02:49 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV’s book “Freedom Under Grace” hits bookshelves in English, bringing together his reflections on the legacy of St. Augustine that has shaped his spirituality.
Posted on 09/15/2026 02:24 AM ()
Jordan's Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II visits the Baptism Site of Jesus Christ (Bethany Beyond the Jordan) and emphasizes the need to carefully plan for the 2030 millennium celebrations, commemorating two thousand years since the baptism of Jesus Christ.
