Church of the Holy Spirit

Thirteen refugees supported by the JRS’s “Centro Astalli” in Rome will join Pope Leo XIV for lunch at Castel Gandolfo, for a day dedicated to welcome, fraternity, and human dignity.

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The economic aftershocks following Venezuela’s devastating double earthquakes are creating a knock-on humanitarian crisis.

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The funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has taken place in Iran as mediators struggle to restart U.S.-Iran talks.

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The Catholic and Church of Ireland Archbishops of Armagh denounce the placement of a replica mosque atop a bonfire, urging respect for religious freedom, compassion, and solidarity with the Muslim community.

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Following a meeting with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, Mozambique's bishops say the murder of Bishop Osório Afonso must become a path towards truth, reconciliation, and renewal for both the Church and the country.

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Following the devastating earthquake that struck the country on 24 June, Father Antonio Rella, parish priest of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, describes a landscape marked by grief, uncertainty and solidarity. As his parish has become a hub for relief efforts serving the hardest-hit communities, he says that both material and spiritual reconstruction will require time, perseverance and prayer.

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A press release issued by the Laudato Si' Movement says more than 170 Christian organisations from across Europe are urging Ireland to use its Presidency of the Council of the European Union to advance ambitious climate policies, calling for a permanent tax on fossil fuel profits and a faster transition away from coal, oil and gas.

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Ahead of the Pope’s upcoming lunch with 200 vulnerable people, the Communications Coordinator of the Laudato Si' Higher Education Center, explains to Vatican News how this is a sign of the Church’s openness to all and how it is a safe harbor to those in need.

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The organisation has published its first official bulletin, providing figures and data on relief efforts carried out between 25 June and 6 July. A nationwide and international mobilization has enabled assistance to reach up to 40,000 people affected by the earthquake.

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Historian and Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bukoba Diocese in Tanzania, Method Kilaini, has spoken of his immense gratitude for Pope Leo’s moral courage in issuing the first papal apology for the Holy See’s role in legitimising the transatlantic slave trade as well as failing to condemn the forced enslavement of an estimated 10 to 12 million Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas where they laboured on plantations under brutal conditions.

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