According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, more than 3.3 million people in north-eastern Nigeria are currently facing food insecurity. The vast majority are farmers who have been forced to abandon their land due to the ongoing insecurity in the region,...
The kidnapping of nine individuals, including an Irish missionary and a child with disabilities, is being described as “a new act of barbarity,” a “shameful act,” and an expression of a “moral collapse” engulfing all of Haitian society. This is the denunciation issued...
From an organization directly under the Pope’s authority, the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day–established last year by Pope Francis to organize and coordinate the so-called “WCDs”–has now been placed within the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. This...
Pope Leo spoke on the ceasefire and peace agreement in Ukraine, a resolution of the humanitarian crisis and hunger in Gaza, and the release of Israeli hostages there. These objectives of the Holy See’s “soft diplomacy” for issues that “cannot be resolved through war,”...
The World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF), a Public International Association of the Faithful of Pontifical Right, held a two-day Marian Congress on July 15–16 in Pilar, Goa, marking 70 years of the Apostolate’s mission in the region. The event, guided by the message of...
