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Cuts to CRS food aid projects could impact hundreds of thousands of children, group says

Catholic Relief Services said May 21 that most of its projects under a federal inter-national food aid program were terminated, leaving hundreds of thousands of children more vulnerable to hunger. The Trump administration said it was seeking to “align” its programs “with the President’s agenda.” More than 780,000 children across 11 countries will be left […]

Mexican bishops condemn slaying of 7 young people at parish festival

The Mexican bishops’ conference has condemned a massacre of seven young people – including minors – at a parish festival, while urging action on the part of authorities amid rising violence and warning the population to avoid indifference in the face of recurring atrocities. The conference also expressed outrage at the assassination of two senior […]

Women deacons would be ‘sensible’ for synodal Church, says Kasper

Cardinal Walter Kasper, the former head of Vatican ecumenism efforts, said he now believes there are reasons to create a women’s diaconate because a synodal Church will need a more “sibling-like” culture. “In my personal opinion, opening the permanent diaconate to women has good theological arguments in its favour and would be a sensible pastoral […]

Pope appoints Sr. Tiziana Merletti as Secretary of Dicastery for Consecrated Life

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Tiziana Merletti, former Superior General of the Francis-can Sisters of the Poor, as Secre-tary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The Dicastery is responsible for orders and religious congregations, as well as secular institutes. As Secretary, Sr Merletti will serve under Sr […]

Vatican refreshes official website for first time in nearly 30 years

The official website of the Vatican for the first time has been refreshed since it was created in the 1990s, prominently featuring multimedia content and online links to other Vatican offices and ministries. A banner image of a waving Pope Leo XIV against a simple light blue background can now be found spread across the […]

High court’s decision to allow 350,000 Venezuelans to lose TPS disturbs Catholic advocates

Catholic immigration advo-cates said they were “disturbed” by a Supreme Court order allow-ing the Trump administration to end legal protections from depor-tation for about 350,000 Vene-zuelan immigrants. The Vene-zuelans, a typically Catholic population, were permitted to remain in the United States without risk of deportation due to dangerous conditions in their homeland. The high court’s […]

YouTube Shuts Down AI-Generated Channel Falsely Attributing Sermons to Pope Leo XIV

YouTube has removed a channel that amassed nearly a million views by publishing sermons supposedly delivered by Pope Leo XIV—sermons he never gave. The channel, titled «Sermons of Pope Leo XIV,» had gained a following of almost 18,000 subscribers before it was taken offline on May 21. Each of its 26 videos featured AI-generated texts […]

Catholics, Buddhists gather in Cambodia for interreligious meeting focused on peace

The Vatican commenced its eighth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium on 27 May in Cambodia, bringing together representatives of both religions to discuss the promotion of peace in Asia. Prefect for the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue Cardinal George Koovakad delivered a short speech on the first day of the May 27–29 conference on “Buddhists and Christians Working Together […]