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LA Archbishop: God loves us ‘no matter what country we come from'
Posted on 06/12/2025 06:28 AM ( Vatican News - English )
At a Mass for Peace and Unity held in Los Angeles following widespread protests against mass deportations, Archbishop José Gomez says that Jesus loves us “no matter what countries we come from, or the language that we speak”.
Pope Leo XIV ‘deeply saddened’ by London-bound plane crash in India
Posted on 06/12/2025 06:25 AM ( Vatican News - English )
Pope Leo XIV expresses his condolences and prays for the victims of an Air India flight bound for London with 242 people aboard that crashed after takeoff in the Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Pope to Rome's priests: 'You are all precious in the eyes of God'
Posted on 06/12/2025 04:34 AM ( Vatican News - English )
Welcoming all the priests of Rome in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV applauds them for their faith and service, urges them to love the Church and be exemplary, and insists, "You are all precious in the eyes of God and in the realization of His plan."
Jubilee of Sport: Champions and artisans of hope
Posted on 06/12/2025 03:58 AM ( Vatican News - English )
The Jubilee of Sport, scheduled for June 14–15, invites us to reflect on the role of sport as a source of resilience and fraternity.
Central African Republic bishops express desire for peace amid violence
Posted on 06/12/2025 01:45 AM ( Vatican News - English )
Bishops Juan Josè Aguirre and Aurelio Gazzera, Bishop and Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou, respectively, emphasize in a pastoral letter that they are “deeply concerned about the violence affecting the Central African Republic."
Pope Leo XIV speaks with the Prime Minister of Spain by phone
Posted on 06/11/2025 11:16 AM ( Vatican News - English )
Pope Leo XIV expressed his gratitude for the King and Queen’s presence at his Mass at the beginning of his pontificate, and the Prime Minister renewed his invitation to visit Spain.
Church in Latin America calls for a “just ecological transition”
Posted on 06/11/2025 09:34 AM ( Vatican News - English )
The Colombian Embassy to the Holy See hosts a forum to address how the Church in Latin America is shaping social, economic, and environmentally sustainable development.
Steps along path of Orthodox-Catholic dialogue
Posted on 06/11/2025 07:05 AM ( Vatican News - English )
When officials of the Holy See made a pilgrimage through the Jubilee Holy Door this week, they were joined by an Orthodox theologian whose organization helped organize a major Catholic-Orthodox conference on the Council of Nicaea.
South Sudan: No shame in working with your hands — Bishop’s advice to seminarians
Posted on 06/11/2025 06:54 AM ( Vatican News - English )
Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio Diocese in South Sudan emphasised the importance of formation, responsibility, and self-help initiatives for seminarians in training, thereby shaping the future priests.
IOR publishes the thirteenth edition of its Annual Report
Posted on 06/11/2025 05:11 AM ( Vatican News - English )
The Institute for the Works of Religion has published its Annual Report, showing results that include a dividend of €13.8 million for the Pope, in line with the Institute’s mission to support religious and charitable works.