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Canadian Bishop: When does state neutrality threaten one’s religious freedom?
Posted on 09/4/2026 08:07 AM ()
Following new instructions barring military chaplains from referencing God in certain contexts, Bishop Scott McCaig speaks to Vatican News about the dangerous precedence this policy can set, the road that led to these instructions, an inter-faith committee dedicated to confronting this policy, and the hope that Canadian Catholics have.
Congress of Scholas Chairs reflects on challenges of AI
Posted on 09/4/2026 08:05 AM ()
Scholars, politicians, businessmen and women, religious leaders, activists, and young people are gathering in Indonesia to reflect on “one of the great challenges of our time: how to ensure that artificial intelligence is at the service of human dignity, fraternity, and peace.”
Catholics, Copts, Muslims: Latin Bishop of Alexandria on Christianity in Egypt
Posted on 09/4/2026 08:03 AM ()
The Latin Apostolic Vicar of Alexandria speaks to Vatican News about the Catholic Church in Egypt, its relations with the Coptic Orthodox and Muslim communities, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Pope receives Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs
Posted on 09/4/2026 06:30 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Latvia, Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs, in audience in the Vatican.
Bishop Daibes: International pressure needed to protect Palestinians in the Holy Land
Posted on 09/4/2026 05:15 AM ()
Bishop Jamal Daibes, Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Somalia, shines the spotlight on the region and calls for international and diplomatic pressure to protect Palestinians in the Holy Land and enable them to remain in their homeland with dignity, freedom and security.
Cardinal Hollerich: Robert Schuman, a man from the borders who built Europe
Posted on 09/4/2026 04:56 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming Apostolic Journey to France will also bring him to Metz where Robert Schuman, one of the founders of the European Union, grew up. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, reflects on this important figure and how his experience of living in border areas shaped his political action and ideas.
Pope to Oxford’s Oriel College: Seek truth, promote integral anthropology
Posted on 09/4/2026 04:47 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Oriel College of Oxford University, and invites them to look to St. John Henry Newman as an example of the inseparability of faith and reason.
When children go hungry
Posted on 09/4/2026 04:35 AM ()
As some international aid groups leave Ethiopia, Church-run assistance programs, like those supported by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, continue to feed children who cry from hunger.
Primate of Colombia: Before rebuilding Churches, we must rebuild the people
Posted on 09/4/2026 02:34 AM ()
Following the earthquake that affected numerous communities in western Colombia, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, the Primate of the country, tells Vatican News about the "Spiritual First Aid" - a support mission of 4 bishops and 80 priests who set out to accompany the suffering in the impacted areas.
Caritas Internationalis on Nepal: ‘We must all face the climate chaos'
Posted on 09/3/2026 06:38 AM ()
Following recent flash flooding, Caritas Nepal is ramping up its aid to be able to reach up to 4,000 families. Caritas Internationalis Secretary General calls on the global community to “commit to do what is necessary to care for our common home.”