St. Maria Goretti Parish

Recently, the Archdiocese of Bulawayo’s Pastoral Centre conducted its monthly online Synodal School under the theme, "Family: The Heart of the Church Where Synodality Begins." The presentation, reflection, and discussion led participants towards the urgent pastoral need of welcoming and integrating Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa due to Xenophobic attacks.

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In light of several recent immigration enforcement encounters resulting in the loss of life, US Bishops Daniel E. Garcia and Brendan J. Cahill issue a pastoral reflection calling for immigration enforcement that always respects the God-given dignity of every person and rejecting the dehumanization of immigrants.

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The Vatican Publishing House releases a new book by Pope Leo XIV entitled Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift. Edited by Alessandro Banfi, the volume brings together Pope Leo's addresses and reflections on peace since his election on 8 May 2025. The collection, which hits the bookshelves in Italian but will soon be available in English, opens with a previously unpublished text by the Pope.

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In the lead-up to the 21st AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Nairobi, the “Laudato Sì Movement Africa”, in collaboration with the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, engaged in a “Strategic Convening/Workshop on Ethical Investment for Catholics” which yielded a declaration urging ethical investment, care for creation, and greater involvement of young people.

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Pope Leo XIV visits the Abbey of Montecassino and its monastic community and prays at the tomb of St. Benedict “entrusting to him his plea for peace in those regions of the world marked by bloodshed and conflict.”

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A new photography exhibition by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, organized in collaboration with the John Paul II Youth Foundation, has opened at Borgo Laudato si’ in the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo and will remain open to visitors until the end of July.

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President Donald Trump declared on Monday that the latest American strikes had hit Iran "very hard," casting the assault as retribution for three US servicemen killed in the region in recent days.

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On the final day of his visit to Ukraine, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher meets President Volodymyr Zelensky and acting Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha in Kyiv, visits the Maidan memorial, and holds talks with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations.

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During the opening Mass for the plenary assembly of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, Cardinal Czerny encourages Christians to patiently change the world by allowing the Holy Spirit to act within them and thus bring communion.

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The Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal, a new international honor created by Villanova University to recognize outstanding leadership in sustainability and integral human development, will debut at the 2026 Villanova International Sustainability Conference in Rome and Castel Gandolfo and be presented by the Holy Father himself.

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