Church of the Holy Spirit

Pope Leo XIV presides at a prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation, and invites everyone who has experienced hardship or loss to embrace faith in Christ, so that pain may not lead to violence but forgiving love.

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The President of the Nigerian Bishops’ Conference says the country, “haunted by insecurity”, is in need of a constitutional amendment to protect the Electoral Commission from political manipulation in the next elections and restore confidence in development, justice and democracy.

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Arab and Islamic nations convene an emergency meeting in Qatar following Israel’s airstrike last week targeting Hamas leaders in Doha.

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Young temporarily professed religious sisters, brothers, and priests have been called to experience and embody hope through the charism of their congregations. These sentiments were expressed by organisers of a recent national workshop for young male and female religious persons held over the weekend, in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. The gathering encouraged participants to live lives marked by transparency, accountability, and moral integrity.

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In the heart of the jungle in Cuzco, Peru, Sr. Giovanna Llerena Alfaro, a Dominican Missionary of the Rosary, walks alongside the Indigenous communities of Bajo Urubamba, promoting an Indigenous Church and a form of evangelization that arises from contemplation.

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Archbishop Piero Pioppo is appointed the new Apostolic Nuncio to Spain and the Principality of Andorra.

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With sorrow and shock over the recent murder of a 42-year-old man shot dead while on pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Lahore, leading experts in Pakistan are calling for serious and effective social reforms, especially in education, to combat the phenomenon.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with Augustinians at the conclusion of their General Chapter and invites them to place love at the centre of their religious life.

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Following a recent attack by jihadists, the Bishop of N'Dali, Benin, Martin Adjou Moumouni, explains that the community is concerned about further violence as the militants "have also made it clear that they want to prevent the Church from continuing its pastoral activities.”

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Pope Leo XIV is treated to a birthday cake and best wishes following the "Commemoration of the Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith of the 21st Century" in the Basilica of St Paul’s outside the walls.

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