EU-Holy See: Boland (EESC President) received by Pope Leo. On migrants, “dignity, support and rights”

EU-Holy See: Boland (EESC President) received by Pope Leo. Focus on poverty, democracy and protection of most vulnerable

USA: ICE agent kills woman in Minneapolis. Archbishop Hebda: “Meaningful immigration reform is needed”

Scotland: the Bishops’ Conference criticises the law on “buffer zones” around abortion facilities. “An undemocratic rule”

Venezuela: Justice and Peace Europe, “solidarity with the Venezuelan people”. Abiding by international law and national sovereignty

Jubilee 2025, more than 33 million pilgrims in Rome: “Unprecedented attendance at places of prayer”

Jubilee 2025, positive overall assessment at the Vatican: more than 33 million pilgrims in Rome, a strong spiritual dimension, completed…

Archbishop Gallagher: “A change of course is needed for peace. The Holy See is the critical conscience of the global system”

On the occasion of the World Day of Peace, Archbishop Gallagher offers a geopolitical assessment at the start of 2026.…

Cardinal Makrickas: “Too many are looking for differences, but it is a gift to experience unity between Francis and Leo”

Cardinal Makrickas reflects on the closing of the Holy Door at St Mary Major, the first visible sign marking the…

Zuppi: “Crises, falling birth rates, prisons. At Christmas, let us light a candle for those seeking a future and justice”

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, reflects on the year that is about to end: the 2025…

Pizzaballa: “The war is over, but Gaza remains a symbol of the conflict and of the temptation to flee”

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa’s Christmas visit to Gaza has come to an end. The Patriarch of Jerusalem describes a changed climate:…

Leo XIV: no to the “desire to prevail”

In his first end-of-year address to the Roman Curia, Pope Leo XIV outlined the profile of a missionary and synodal…