Church of the Holy Spirit

Vatican News takes an inside look at 'Casa Santa Maria' of the Pontifical North American College, the home away from home for American priests to live and pray together during their studies in Rome, that leaves them 'tremendously enriched' and ready for their mission back home, and contributes to their always falling more in love with the faith and the Lord.

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Heading Pope Francis’ call to go to the peripheries, the Holy Family Mission in Papua New Guinea has revived the missionary charism of the Congregation of Holy Cross to cross borders in hope.

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The Director of the Holy See Press Office presents Pope Leo’s upcoming Apostolic Journey to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea: an itinerary marked by the richness and diversity of histories, cultures and traditions.

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As the U.S.-Israeli ceasefire appears to hold in Iran, UNICEF outlines the ongoing danger and impact this war has and will continue to have on children as they “bear the brunt of the conflict.”

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Pope Leo XIV releases the theme for the 2026 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which focuses on the need for pastoral care for minors on the move.

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Archbishop Paolo Borgia, the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, laments the death and destruction caused by Israeli attacks on the country, and calls for dialogue to promote peace, in an interview with Vatican News.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with a delegation of Italian Olympic and Paralympic athletes who competed at the Milan-Cortina Games, and upholds the value of sport as a place of encounter and self-mastery.

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Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, speaking on behalf of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, has told Nigerians not to lose hope, regardless of the many challenges they face. He added that a new dawn is coming.

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Fr. Toni Elias, a Lebanese Maronite parish priest in Rmeich - the last village in the south of the country on the border with Israel. Despite the news that the ceasefire does not extend to Lebanon, he says, “We do not give up—on the contrary, we trust in the Lord. This is what truly makes us a resilient people in the midst of this tide of war and conflict that surrounds us.”

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In a recent interview with the Italian quarterly 'Dialoghi,' Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, discusses the fragility of diplomacy, the rise of the logic of the strongest, the importance of the United Nations, and the need to empty nuclear arsenals.

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