Vatican & World News

-       Pope Leo prays for the victims and their families of the cyclones in Madagascar. -       The UN pushes for global protection of children in the midst of wars and conflicts. -       The Director of Social Communications for a Catholic Archdiocese in Nigeria highlights the importance of human voices over AI on the radio.

-   Pope Leo XIV encourages lay people to live out the Christian faith in acts of charity that respond to the needs of our times -   Palestinian officials in the West Bank express concern for Israel’s expansion of control throughout the territory -   The Catholic bishops of Colombia call on citizens to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections  

-   Pope Leo XIV urges Europe to overcome tensions and division -   Tel Aviv grants Caritas Jerusalem permission to provide humanitarian aid in Palestinian territories, as it restricts the number of NGOs allowed to operate in the region -   Marking the World Day of the Sick, the Pope sends the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to Chiclayo, Peru, to bring his closeness to those who are suffering

-   Pope Leo sends electricity generators, medicine and food supplies, to Ukraine. -   Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, drown after a boat capsizes off the coast of Libya.  -   Pope Leo XIV invites priests to not be daunted by challenges and secularism, but to realize that their closeness to Christ can help others.