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Catholic father murdered while on pilgrimage to Marian shrine in Pakistan

Men on motorcycles murdered a father and injured a 16-year-old boy while they were taking part in a pilgrimage to the national Marian shrine of the Virgin Mary in Mariamabad in Pakistan, an incident that has shocked Christians in the Muslim-majority country. According to the Vatican news agency Fides on Sept. 12, Afzal Masih, a married father […]

Pope at Jubilee Audience: Faith of simple people guides the Church

Pope Leo XIV held a special Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square on September 27, as thousands of catechists attend the Jubilee of Catechists on September 26-28. In his catechesis, the Pope reflected at length on the sensus fidei, which he said is like a “sixth sense of simple people for the things of God.” “God […]

Holy See says arms race ‘unacceptable’ and risks ‘nuclear catastrophe’

An urgent and necessary step to avoid nuclear catastrophe”. That’s how Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, has described the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The Archbishop was speaking on 26 September, at the fourteenth UN conference on the entry into force of the treaty, which was signed by […]

UN: Cycles of violence in Holy Land risk reaching ‘point of no return’

The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the cycles of deadly violence in the Holy Land risk reaching ‘point of no return.’ He also suggested that the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is nearing collapse, citing expanding Israeli settlements, forced displacement and de facto annexation. Guterres said the cycles of violence, including attacks […]

Christian persecution in Nigeria: 1,200 churches destroyed annually, hundreds killed

Violence against Catholic priests in Nigeria continues to increase, especially in the eastern part of the country. According to a report by the NGO International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), published in August and updated this week, at least 15 priests were kidnapped between January and September alone. According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference […]

Pope Leo XIV to proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1

Pope Leo XIV announced on 28 September that he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, the solemnity of All Saints. “I will confer the title of doctor of the Church on St. John Henry Newman, who gave a decisive contribution to the renewal of theology and to […]

Pope Leo: Recognition of Palestine helps, but dialogue is broken

Responding to journalists’ questions on September 23 about the recognition of Palestine as a state, the Holy Father reaffirmed, “The Holy See recognized the two-state solution some time ago. That is clear: we must seek a path that respects all peoples.” Regarding that recognition, he added, “It could help, but right now there is no real willingness […]

Showing compassion of the Samaritan, theme for 2026 World Day of the Sick

“The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing the pain of the other” is the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the next World Day of the Sick marked annually on 11 February. The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development released the theme on Friday 26 September through the Holy See Press Office. The theme centres […]