Vatican officials, charity workers, and internationally-recognised economists come together to discuss debt reform in an online town hall organised by Caritas Internationalis.

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The bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean gather for the 40th Ordinary General Assembly of CELAM, marking 70 years since the first General Conference of the Episcopate was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1955.

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More than 60,000 pilgrims from 120 different countries are expected in Rome this weekend for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly.

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Developing countries are disproportionately impacted by climate change, with many experiencing more frequent and severe disasters. On the occasion of Africa Day, celebrated worldwide this week, a young Togolese national, Mr Isaac Kodjo Atchikiti, based in Rome, spoke to Vatican News about climate financing in Africa, migration, and conflicts, among other issues.

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Ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for 28 October 2025, the political climate in Tanzania has become tense. Both local and international observers have expressed concerns about violent incidents, increasing political repression and fear. The President of the Bishops’ Conference has called on citizens to pray for the country to preserve its reputation as an oasis of peace, “blessed with strong systems, institutions and just laws.”

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Namibia's capital of Windhoek has hosted a commemoration of the genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples from 1904 to 1908, marking a first step towards reconciliation after more than 70,000 deaths, including children, women, and the elderly, killed during the period of the German Empire.

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Pope Leo XIV reiterates his appeal for peace in Ukraine and calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, along with the liberation of hostages and renewed efforts to protect children.

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An award-winning exhibition in Rome captures how amid the often-forgotten, but dramatic war in the Tigray region, women are facing grave violations of human dignity, especially from sexual violence being used as a weapon of war.

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On the day of his election, Pope Leo XIV received the gift of a silver pectoral cross containing the relics of Pope St. Leo the Great, as well as three Augustinian bishops: St. Augustine, St. Thomas of Villanova, and Blessed Anselmo Polanco, a Spanish bishop martyred in the country’s civil war.

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Reflecting on the parable of the Good Samaritan at the weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV challenges everyone to not let our busy lives “prevent us from feeling compassion” towards others.

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As the Pontifical Ethiopian College hosts the presentation of a new edition of the Ge‘ez-language Missal, Cardinal Prefect Claudio Gugerotti praises the liturgical book as a sign of God’s loving benevolence for the Eastern Catholic Churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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At a time of significant demographic shifts in Ghana’s religious landscape, the Bishop of Sunyani Diocese and President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, has stressed the need for a renewed missionary spirit in the Catholic Church — beginning from the formation of future priests in the seminary.

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At least 54 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, including dozens sheltering in a school.

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Dr. Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, receives the 2025 Pauline Communication and Culture Award at an event in Rome to highlight ethical issues surrounding journalistic reporting on social media.

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Pope Leo XIV appoints Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, an expert in medicine and bioethics, as President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, expressing his heartfelt gratitude to Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia for his years of service.

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In an interview with Vatican News, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin calls international humanitarian law to be respected in Gaza, urges Hamas to release all hostages, condemns antisemitism, and says the Vatican is willing to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

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Amid ongoing suffering and conflict in Myanmar, leaders of Southeast Asian countries gathered for the ASEAN Summit appeal to all the nation's parties "to expand a temporary ceasefire" and "to build trust towards convening an inclusive dialogue."

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Pope Leo XIV meets with Naples’ football club, which is celebrating its fourth-ever league victory, and stresses that “it’s the team,” not the individual players, which wins a championship.

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Opening the 8th Buddhist-Christian Colloquium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cardinal George Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, urges the faithful to build on their respective faith traditions to build peace through reconciliation and resilience.

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Caritas Internationalis is set to host a webinar on May 28 to raise awareness of the “current yet silent global crisis” and offer discussions on how to restructure financial systems to serve human rights.

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The joy of the largest community of Peruvian faithful outside of Peru, found in Paterson, New Jersey, is impossible to contain for US-born and Peruvian missionary Pope Leo XIV, according to Msgr. Geno Sylva, Rector of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.

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The Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization releases its message for World Tourism Day 2025, themed "Tourism and Sustainable Transformation," calling for protecting the environment, tourists and workers, and offering Christian hope.

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As pilgrims and representatives of the African continent celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV makes a surprise visit and invites everyone to live our faith as a sign of hope in our world.

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Project HOPE receives the ‘Francis of Assisi and Carlo Acutis, for an economy of fraternity’ prize for their work in Goa, India with at-risk young people and victims and survivors of abuse.

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In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia discusses the conclusion of his service as President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, explaining that it is ordinary practice in the Roman Curia that, upon turning 80, all appointments expire.

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The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue announces the 8th Buddhist-Christian Colloquium, which will take place in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on May 27-29.

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Deacon Daniel Galadza discusses the relations with Eastern churches on the anniversary of the publication of ‘Ut unum sint’.

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To serve the blind in body and soul has been the mission of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters Servants of the Cross for 106 years. The heart of their work is Laski, a place chosen by an extraordinary countess who lost her sight and is today beatified in the Catholic Church: Blessed Róża Czacka.

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As the Church celebrates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Fr. Elias D. Mallon, Ph.D. reflects on the ongoing evolution of ecumenism, which the first ecumenical council of the Church set in motion.

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The Vatican Apostolic Library and the Colnaghi Foundation have inaugurated a cultural and philanthropic initiative titled "Codex," featuring masterpieces by Caravaggio, Bernini, and Tintoretto in dialogue with rare manuscripts and archival documents from the Library’s collections.

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In the Basilica of St. Mary Major, Pope Leo XIV venerates the icon of Maria Salus Populi Romani, prays in front of the tomb of Pope Francis, and urges Christians to grow in our devotion to Mary.

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass at the Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the seat or "cathedra" of the Bishop of Rome, and greets his new diocesan family.

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Ecuador's re-elected President Daniel Noboa has been inaugurated and now has four more years to continue his hard-line crime fighting policies

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Authorities say Russia has continued its largest air raid in three years of the war against Ukraine in a second straight night of massive drone and ballistic missile strikes in which the capital city, Kyiv, was again the focus. Ukraine’s leadership announced at least 12 people were killed, including three children in the Kyiv region, and dozens more injured, prompting an angry reaction from the European Union.

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Pope Leo XIV visits Rome's Aracoeli Square, near the seat of civic government on the Capitoline Hill, where he receives a formal tribute from Roberto Gualtieri, Mayor of Rome.

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Following the Regina Caeli, Pope Leo XIV remembers Blessed Stanislaus Streich, beatified on Saturday, as well as the Day of Prayer for the Church in China and the anniversary of the Encyclical “Laudato sì”, and invites the faithful to pray for all peoples suffering from war.

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During his Regina Caeli address, Pope Leo XIV remembers Jesus' call for our hearts to not be troubled and urges us to walk in the joy of the faith, while also expressing appreciation for the affection the faithful have been offering him.

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Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, celebrates the Beatification Mass for Blessed Stanisław Streich in Poland, one of the first beatifications of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate.

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The conference on “Energy, Youth, and the Future: A Global Perspective on the Sustainable Transition from Africa,” was recently organised by Rome’s Pontifical University of Santa Croce in collaboration with Harambee Africa International on the occasion of Africa Day 2025 which is commemorated worldwide on 25 May 2025.

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The Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference has issued a searing indictment of the country’s ecological destruction caused by illegal mining, calling for immediate and systemic intervention to halt what they describe as a “threat of national proportion.”

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Authorities in Ukraine say Russia has launched a large-scale drone and missile strike on Kyiv, injuring 15 people. It is seen as one of the biggest assaults on the Ukrainian capital since the war began over three years ago.

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Our Editorial Director reflects on the Holy See’s intervention at the UN, drawing on the words of Pope Leo XIV, noting that concrete steps are urgently needed to protect civilians in armed conflicts and to disarm the world.

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As Hilda Joseph Ayyad, a parishioner taking refuge at the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza, celebrates her 20th birthday, she shares the weight of war and her spark of hope that conflict may soon end.

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Pope Leo XIV gives a warm welcome to Vatican employees and their families, and reminds that 'faith and prayer are like salt which gives flavour,' and that by regularly turning to these key ingredients they will best offer their everyday tasks and responsibilities, and observes that 'popes come and go, but the Curia remains.'

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Inspired by the late Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si', which came out ten years ago, the Catholic Church in Malaysia is converting used cooking oil into biofuels, planting trees, cutting single-use plastics, recycling candles, and pledging to live out a “deep ecological spirituality."

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As the Church celebrates the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Jenny Kraska reflects on the theme, "Don't be afraid - even if you're getting married, ordained, or elected pope."

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In an interview with Vatican Media, the Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, discusses emphasis placed on working toward just peace in Ukraine during encounter with Pope Leo XIV, how families in Europe have a responsibility to transmit the faith from one generation to the next, and how the Pope suggested "there is a thirst" among young people and children to learn about God and the faith.

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Officials say Russia and Ukraine have begun one of the largest prisoner exchanges since the outbreak of the war, after their first direct talks in more than three years.

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As the annual Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations at the Catholic Shrine of Namugongo approaches on June 3rd, preparations are well underway. Pilgrims from various regions across the country are walking and some have begun arriving and camping at the shrine more than a week before the main event. In Uganda 3 June is a public holiday.

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