Leo XIV to students: “be the ‘generation plus’”

The Pope opened the meeting with the students participating in the Jubilee for Education with an impromptu greeting to students…

Brazil: carnage in Rio as 121 people are killed in the favelas. The Church: “Life is sacred and it must be defended and protected at all times”

Dozens of bodies line the streets, schools are closed and the city is paralysed. A major police operation targeting organised…

EU Commission: 40,000 travel passes ready for a new round of DiscoverEU. Applications open tomorrow

Air raids from Belarus against the EU: Kallas (High Representative), “they should immediately stop. Ready to step up sanctions”

Pope Leo XIV in Turkey. Monsignor Kmetec (Episcopal Conference): “The moral conscience of the world urges us to reject violence and embrace hope”

Archbishop Martin Kmetec of Izmir, President of the Turkish Episcopal Conference, emphasised the importance of Pope Leo XIV’s message ahead…

Leo XIV: “Catholic education is tasked with restoring trust”

Pope Leo XIII’s Apostolic Letter on education, entitled “Drawing new maps of hope”, calls on Catholic educators “to disarm words…

60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate. Karram (Focolare Movement): “Rediscovering our common spiritual and moral values in order to build peace”

Margaret Karram, president of the Focolare Movement, discusses the continued relevance of the Vatican II declaration ‘Nostra Aetate’ as we…

Politics: Costa meets Premier Li Qiang, “China should help to put an end” to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

Media: EU Commission, 2 calls to support cross-border journalism collaborations and pluralism

EU: EU Commission signs the UN Convention to step up fight against cybercrime

Synodal Journey: Bishop Castellucci: “Do not be afraid to confront homo-affectivity, the role of women and formation. Embrace them instead”

Bishop Erio Castellucci, president of the National Committee for the Synodal Journey, recommends facing up to the most sensitive issues…