Church of the Holy Spirit

Powerful messages are appearing on billboards across Ghana as thousands of young Catholics from across West Africa gather in Accra this week.

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The General Secretariat of the Synod on Tuesday released the Final Report of Study Group No. 6 on the review, from a synodal and missionary perspective, of the documents on relations between bishops, consecrated life, and ecclesial associations. It also released the second part – concerning ad limina visits – of the Final Report of Study Group No. 7 on certain aspects of the figure and ministry of the bishop from a synodal and missionary perspective.

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Pope Leo XIV encourages young people in West Africa in their journey of faith, and invites them to live as a message of love, justice, and peace in our world beset by war and conflict.

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Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, Vatican News speaks with Daniel Nigro, the former Chief of Operations of the New York City Fire Department, who was in charge on the day the World Trade Center was attacked. He recalls the chaos of that morning, the firefighters who gave their lives, and the human stories still etched in New York's memory.

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Andrea Ding Yang was ordained Archbishop of Chongqing in China on Tuesday, appointed by Pope Leo XIV within the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.

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Pope Leo XIV returns to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano on Monday evening, to celebrate Mass on the eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and invite Christians to contemplate Mary's quiet presence and become servants of peace.

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The Vatican Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations addresses a Seminar in Assisi during commemorations for the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis.

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Russia is leaving the door open to new peace talks with Ukraine following a weekend of intense American diplomacy, but major obstacles remain to ending the war, now in its fifth year.

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Lebanon’s health ministry says an Israeli air strikes on a village in southern Lebanon have killed at least nine people.

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The 2026 West African Youth Days (JOAJ) open on September 7, in Accra, Ghana. Over the following four days, young Catholics from 16 West African countries will come together around the theme: “Take courage: young Catholics, agents and promoters of peace and hope in West Africa.”

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