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Gaza civilians continue to be killed 9 months into ceasefire
Posted on 07/21/2026 08:50 AM ()
A family of six is killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday in the latest of continuing deadly attacks on the Strip since a U.S.-backed ceasefire was agreed more than nine months ago.
President Ortega of Nicaragua announces there will be 'no more elections'
Posted on 07/21/2026 06:37 AM ()
Marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution, President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega announces that there will be no more elections that would allow his opponents to try to win control of the government.
Curator of Pope’s book on peace: The Pope can inspire moral mobilization
Posted on 07/21/2026 05:57 AM ()
Alessandro Banfi, curator of Pope Leo XIV’s new book, “Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift,” speaks to Vatican News about the importance of collecting the Pope’s words on this topic and how the power of his message lies in the Gospel.
Archdiocese of Bulawayo: Integrating Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa
Posted on 07/21/2026 03:39 AM ()
Recently, the Archdiocese of Bulawayo’s Pastoral Centre conducted its monthly online Synodal School under the theme, "Family: The Heart of the Church Where Synodality Begins." The presentation, reflection, and discussion led participants towards the urgent pastoral need of welcoming and integrating Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa due to Xenophobic attacks.
US Bishops: Racial profiling violates God-given dignity and inflicts profound harm
Posted on 07/21/2026 03:06 AM ()
In light of several recent immigration enforcement encounters resulting in the loss of life, US Bishops Daniel E. Garcia and Brendan J. Cahill issue a pastoral reflection calling for immigration enforcement that always respects the God-given dignity of every person and rejecting the dehumanization of immigrants.
Pope Leo XIV: Peace is built through disarmament, not nuclear weapons
Posted on 07/21/2026 00:00 AM ()
The Vatican Publishing House releases a new book by Pope Leo XIV entitled Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift. Edited by Alessandro Banfi, the volume brings together Pope Leo's addresses and reflections on peace since his election on 8 May 2025. The collection, which hits the bookshelves in Italian but will soon be available in English, opens with a previously unpublished text by the Pope.
Church leaders urge ethical investment in Eastern Africa
Posted on 07/20/2026 09:31 AM ()
In the lead-up to the 21st AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Nairobi, the “Laudato Sì Movement Africa”, in collaboration with the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, engaged in a “Strategic Convening/Workshop on Ethical Investment for Catholics” which yielded a declaration urging ethical investment, care for creation, and greater involvement of young people.
Pope Leo prays for peace at Montecassino Abbey
Posted on 07/20/2026 07:48 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV visits the Abbey of Montecassino and its monastic community and prays at the tomb of St. Benedict “entrusting to him his plea for peace in those regions of the world marked by bloodshed and conflict.”
'Man and Nature: Fragile Balances' exhibit debuts in Borgo Laudato si’
Posted on 07/20/2026 07:35 AM ()
A new photography exhibition by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, organized in collaboration with the John Paul II Youth Foundation, has opened at Borgo Laudato si’ in the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo and will remain open to visitors until the end of July.
US strikes Iran for ninth consecutive night
Posted on 07/20/2026 05:04 AM ()
President Donald Trump declared on Monday that the latest American strikes had hit Iran "very hard," casting the assault as retribution for three US servicemen killed in the region in recent days.