“Dilexi te” — the preferential option for the poor. Fr. Le Méhauté: “The Church is not true to herself without the poor”

Franciscan theologian Father Frédéric-Marie Le Méhauté offers his thoughts on Pope Leo XIV’s exhortation Dilexi te, which presents poverty as…

Spain: over 9 thousand missionaries. The largest group in Peru

Frontex: 1,300 people died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the first nine months of 2025

From January to the end of September, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency reported a 22% decline in irregular…

Towards the Third Synodal Assembly. Monsignor Bulgarelli: “The Church decides its own future together.”

The third Assembly of the Synodal Path of the Italian Church will take place in Rome on 25 October. The…

EU Parliament: Sakharov Prize finalists. Journalists in Belarus and Georgia, Palestinian journalists and humanitarian workers and Serbian students

Vatican report on abuse: greater transparency, swift removals and an active role for victims in protection

In its second report, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors calls on the Church to strengthen transparency and…

Poland: invitation from bishops to pray for peace. Plenary session addressed Catholic religion teaching and abuse issue

Council of Europe: Strasbourg, three days of debates about “Democracy at risk: how can we revive it?”

Spain: Madrid, national meeting of rectors and formators of major seminaries

Romania: human trafficking, a training course in Iasi for Rumanian, Moldavan and Ukrainian CARITAS agencies

In Israel, with survivors of the Nova festival. Salomon (Haifa): ‘Accompany them with compassion’

The release of the last Israeli hostages, who were kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and held in Gaza…