Vatican & World News

-   Pope Leo XIV meets representatives of  the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York and thanks them for their work to help vulnerable people -   The United States and Iran reach an agreement to end the war -   The Vatican releases the Pope’s Message for the 6th World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly  

-   On the 6th and last day of his apostolic visit to Spain, Pope Leo XIV travels to Tenerife and shines the spotlight on the plight of migrants calling for integration and shared responsibility -   We hear from one of the managers of an emergency shelter in Tenerife about the need to protect and promote the dignity of our brothers and sisters on the move    

-   Kicking off the third leg of his apostolic journey to Spain in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Pope Leo XIV appeals to the international community to put legislation into place to safeguard the lives and dignity of migrants -   He encourages the church in the Canary Islands to continue to accompany vulnerable communities -   We look back at the inauguration on Wednesd...

-   Marking an historic first, a Pope, in the person of Leo XIV, addresses members of Spain’s Parliament -   On the third day of his apostolic journey to Spain, the Pope reminds the country‘s bishops that the Church’s true wealth lies in the holiness of her children -   We link up with our correspondent on the ground in Madrid for a preview of the next papal events

-   On the second day of his apostolic visit to Spain, Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass in central Madrid in the presence of over 1.2 million people -   We hear from our correspondent in Madrid, who spoke to some Spaniards who attended the event -   At a prayer vigil on Saturday evening, Pope Leo calls on young people to be missionaries of the Gospel to build the fut...

-   On the first day of his apostolic visit to Spain, Pope Leo emphasizes that religious freedom and freedom of conscience must be protected -   On the papal plane, the Pope insists on dialogue to end the war in Ukraine and expresses his closeness to Lebanon -   A young Spaniard speaks about the organization of the prayer vigil with the Pope in Madrid  

-   The General Coordinator of Pope Leo’s upcoming journey to Spain says he expects the Pope’s visit to revitalize the church in a rapidly secularising country -   In his last day in Rome before beginning his trip to Spain, the Pope invites German students to live their faith without placing individual preferences before of church tradition -   We look ahead to the co...

-   Israel and Lebanon agree to renew their fragile ceasefire and create some security zones inside Lebanon as Gazan civilians continue to die under Israeli attacks -   Violence erupts in Somalia’s capital amid a constitutional crisis -   The Catholic Bishops of India welcome and praise Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas On Safeguarding the Human Per...

-   US Vice-President Vance says the US and Iran are “very close” to a peace deal -   Romanian authorities say that Russia has struck an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two -   We speak to the Archbishop of New York about Pope Leo's recent encyclical letter on artificial intelligence

-   Pope Leo XIV upholds evangelisation as a witness that attracts others through the call to love and truth -   Cardinal Cupich reflects on the Pope’s just-released encyclical on AI, noting it offers a new lens for the Church’s Social Doctrine -   A landmark agreement between the Holy See and Italy sees concrete action putting the Vatican on the path to becoming the...

-   A top computer scientist reacts to Pope Leo’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas -   A Silicon Valley parish priest highlights the importance of dialogue between the Church and the tech world -   We look back at the first social doctrine encyclical in the history of the Church

-   Pope Leo XIV presents his first ever encyclical, “Maginifica Humanitas”, at the Synod Hall in Rome. -   A number of experts, professors, and clergy comment on the importance and meaning of this new encyclical on preserving human dignity in the time of artificial intelligence.