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Holy See launches daily programming on giant digital screens
Posted on 05/13/2026 09:45 AM ()
In collaboration with the “Selfiestreet” digital platform, the Dicastery for Communication is set to broadcast official Vatican images and multimedia content on giant digital screens in prominent locations across Rome and Milan.
Honours awarded to 13 Ambassadors to the Holy See
Posted on 05/13/2026 08:57 AM ()
Following two years of service as representatives to the Holy See, a group of ambassadors receives one of the Vatican's highest diplomatic honours.
Nigeria: Kidnapped priest released after 3 months in captivity
Posted on 05/13/2026 08:31 AM ()
The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria announces the release of Fr Nathaniel Asuwaye, who was abducted on 7 February 2026 from his parish residence in Kaduna State.
Haitian Bishop appeals for world leaders to help the suffering people
Posted on 05/13/2026 07:51 AM ()
Amid gang violence, widespread poverty, and an unprecedented institutional and political crisis, Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of the Diocese of Anse-à-Veau-Miragoâne and vice president of the nation's Episcopal Conference, is calling on the international community to help the suffering people of the Caribbean nation.
The Pope’s Almoner: The poor are our compass for walking in the Church
Posted on 05/13/2026 07:05 AM ()
Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín speaks to Vatican News about his first two months as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity.
Zambia: PMS Solwezi Diocese trains Holy Childhood Animators
Posted on 05/13/2026 05:29 AM ()
The Catholic Diocese of Solwezi's Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) recently concluded the training of 57 Holy Childhood animators, focusing on equipping them to nurture children's faith and wellbeing.
Cardinal Fernández to Pius X Society: Ordaining new bishops is schismatic act
Posted on 05/13/2026 04:09 AM ()
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, issues a new warning to the Society of St. Pius X against carrying out episcopal ordinations without a pontifical mandate, saying Pope Leo XIV continues to pray the Lefebvrians choose a different path.
Pope Leo XIV prays at the spot where St. John Paul II was shot
Posted on 05/13/2026 03:16 AM ()
Before the beginning of the General Audience, Pope Leo XIV stops and prays at the spot where his predecessor, St. John Paul II, was shot in 1981.
Pope: Virgin Mary is perfect model of what the Church is called to be
Posted on 05/13/2026 02:45 AM ()
During his weekly General Audience, and on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Leo XIV emphasizes how the Blessed Virgin Mary is the perfect model, member and mother of the Church.
The enduring commitment of religious congregations to South Sudan’s recovery
Posted on 05/12/2026 09:24 AM ()
In 2008, religious congregations established “Solidarity with South Sudan” as a joint effort in response to a plea from the Sudanese Bishops’ Conference. The goal was to tackle urgent educational, health, and pastoral challenges that emerged after many years of war. Their efforts gained momentum after an exploratory visit in 2006, laying the groundwork for tangible support. The question on everyone’s lips: How do you build in a place that had lost almost everything?