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Burundi: Formators meet for a seminar on Artificial Intelligence
Posted on 09/17/2026 05:19 AM ()
The Episcopal Commission for Priestly and Religious Vocations, Seminaries, and Novitiates recently held a course for lecturers and formators in seminaries and religious houses of formation on Artificial Intelligence. The seminar was organised with Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, as its inspiration.
Uruguayan Bishops visit Rome ahead of Pope Leo’s November visit
Posted on 09/17/2026 04:22 AM ()
Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to Uruguay on November 6-8, the country’s Bishops make their ad limina Apostolorum visit to Rome and share their hopes as the Church seeks to proclaim Christ in a secularized society.
Crisis worsens for children in Yemen
Posted on 09/17/2026 03:09 AM ()
The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, warns that as fighting continues, children are bearing the brunt of the conflict, and appeals to parties to the conflict to protect civilians, especially children, and not hinder humanitarian access.
European Synodality Conference ends: Baptism, listening and leadership on the roadmap
Posted on 09/17/2026 02:55 AM ()
The European conference on synodality in Wels, Austria, identifies baptism, listening, relationships and a new culture of leadership as key areas for the Church’s path ahead. At the conclusion of the symposium, conference chair Klara Csiszar proposed the establishment of a “European Church Forum for Interpreting the Signs of the Times.”
Parolin ‘concerned’ over states ‘going it alone’ on AI
Posted on 09/16/2026 09:52 AM ()
The Holy See Secretary of State answers journalists’ questions on AI regulation and the conflict in Ukraine.
Nostra aetate, 60 years on: Church renews dialogue against hatred and division
Posted on 09/16/2026 03:57 AM ()
On the 60th anniversary of 'Nostra aetate', which opened a new chapter in relations between Catholics and believers of other faiths, three Vatican Dicasteries publish a Note entitled “A Journey of Hope,” renewing the call to counter fundamentalism, protect religious freedom, and build coexistence founded on fraternity.
‘A Journey of Hope’: Prefects call for dialogue
Posted on 09/16/2026 03:19 AM ()
Cardinals Victor Fernádez, Kurt Koch, and George Koovakad – the Prefects respectively of the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith, for the Promotion of Christian Unity, and for Interreligious Dialogue – comment on the Note ‘A Journey of Hope: Sixty Years of Interreligious Dialogue and Fraternity in the Light of the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate”.
Cardinal Fernández: All religions stand for peace
Posted on 09/16/2026 03:14 AM ()
Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal Victor Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, grants an interview to Vatican News to reflect on the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate.
Cardinal Koch: It is impossible to be a disciple of Christ and at the same time an antisemite
Posted on 09/16/2026 03:06 AM ()
Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity, grants an interview to Vatican News to reflect on the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate.
Cardinal Koovakad: Fraternity is lived in churches, schools, families
Posted on 09/16/2026 02:59 AM ()
Marking the release of “A Journey of Hope,” Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, grants an interview to Vatican News to reflect on the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate.