Church of the Holy Spirit

As the UK’s House of Commons prepares to resume debate on an assisted suicide bill, Catholic bishops in England and Wales warn that it "does not protect vulnerable people".

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The Pontifical Commission for Latin America and CELAM, in collaboration with the USCCB, has organized the Fourth “Fratelli Tutti Synodal Encounter – North-South socio-environmental dialogue” in Rome, bringing together stakeholders from South and North America to address the social-environmental crisis in the context of the American continent.

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Medical personnel under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Mbarara Development Association (AMDA), an umbrella organisation uniting Catholics from the Archdiocese of Mbarara living in Kampala and surrounding areas, have again undertaken a successful outreach programme to rural and underserved western Ugandan parishes, delivering free medical care.

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Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Italiana are among the charitable organizations most deeply involved in providing aid to the country, which was hit on August 26 by a flood caused by a glacier melting. A local aid worker explains how the risk of girls being abducted is high.

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Pope Leo XIV invites new Bishops taking part in a formation course in Rome to have the heart of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and to carry everyone in their heart amid rapid global change.

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“Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal Vocation of Jerusalem” is born, a new interdisciplinary forum promoted by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and developed in collaboration with the academic center of the University of Notre Dame.

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Speaking at an international conference in Rome, the Cardinal of Myanmar calls for nonviolence to become a new framework for legitimate defence, while participants receive a message and blessing from Pope Leo XIV.

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Bishops in Mozambique are reflecting on the violent death of Bishop Osorio Citora Afonso, the Ordinary of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Beira. The bishops lament the lack of clarity about the circumstances of the prelate's death.

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As Ukraine approaches another winter of war, CAFOD’s Henry Wilson-Smith describes a population living under almost constant air-raid alerts, preparing for power cuts and relying on local humanitarian networks to rebuild lives damaged by years of conflict.

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The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue participated in the meeting in Indonesia organized by Scholas Occurrentes and United in Diversity. In addition to commemorating the second anniversary of Pope Francis’s apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and the signing of the Istiqlal Interreligious Declaration, the event reflected on themes from the encyclical “Magnifica humanitas” and the “sensible” use of technology.

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