International

Pope’s Ghost Writer Is Undersecretary Of Dicastery For Oriental Churches

Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Filippo Ciampanelli as Undersecretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Chur-ches, who until now served as Counsellor of the Nunciature in the Section for Gen-eral Affairs of the Secretariat of State. Monsignor Ciampanelli is one of the individuals who drafted speeches for the Pope and became known worldwide during the last […]

Rome To Host World Meeting Of Parish Priests In Preparation For Synod On Synodality

The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod on Syno-dality will be held April 29–May 2 in Sacrofano, Rome, and will reflect on the theme “How to Be a Synodal Local Church in Mi-ssion.” With a view to the second and last session of the XVI Ordi-nary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, […]

Earth Day: Pope Francis Urges Responsibility For Our Common Home

As the world marked Earth Day on April 22, Pope Francis reiterated his urgent plea for bold action for our common home and for world peace. The international Day was established in 1970 to raise awareness about the critical environmental challenges facing our planet, and to mobilize efforts to address them. The observance provides an […]

Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

Pope Francis met on 6 April with members of the Italian Red Cross (ICR), as they celebrate the 160th anniversary of its foundation in 1864. Addressing some 6,000 ICR volunteers and workers in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Pope Francis warmly thanked them for the humanitarian aid they continue to provide to those suffering war […]

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity

Three chapters offer the foundations for the fourth, which is dedicated to “some grave vio-lations of human dignity.” That’s the structure of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new Declaration Dignitas infinita, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Universal De-claration of Human Rights and reaffirms “the indispensable nature of the dignity of […]

Scotland: Catholic Church responds to “damaging” Assisted Suicide Bill

The Catholic Church has responded to the publication of “The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill” by Liam McArthur MSP. Bishop John Keenan, the Bishop of Paisley has described it as the introduction of “a dangerous idea that a citizen can lose their value and worth.” Bishop Keenan adds; “Assisted suicide sends a […]

The Catholic Church by the numbers: more Catholics but fewer vocations

The 2024 Pontifical Yearbook and the 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church, edited by the Central Statistical Office of the Church, published by the Vatican Printing Press. The Pontifical Yearbook offers information regarding the life of the Catholic Church worldwide for the period ranging from De-cember 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023. The number of […]

Humanitarian organizations urge action against famine in Sudan

Humanitarian organisa-tions working in Sudan and its neighbouring countries are sounding the alarm that Sudan is on the verge of famine, urg-ing all actors to immediately scale-up efforts to avoid the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. The appeal comes ahead of a humanitarian conference to be hosted in Paris on 15 April by […]

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