The Catholic Church in Ghana is actively preparing for the release of Pope Leo’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” aiming to align its response to technological advancements with the Pope’s upcoming guidance. A high-level workshop of key religious leaders on ethical and pastoral response to emerging technologies has just concluded in Accra. The encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas will be launched in the Vatican on Monday, 25 May.

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Vatican News reports from the southern Italian town of Acerra, in the ‘Land of Fires’, as Pope Leo pays a pastoral visit. Michele Pannella and Alessandro Cannavacciuolo, from the association “Volontari antiroghi Acerra” (Acerra Anti-Fires Volunteers), describe the decades of environmental damage in the region.

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The Catholic Church celebrates the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church each year on the Monday after Pentecost. This year, it falls on May 25.

Youth commissions and parishes across this majority Muslim nation are leading hostel- and village-based rosary devotions throughout the traditional Marian month.

During his pastoral visit to Acerra, Italy, Pope Leo XIV addressed mayors and local residents of the town in the 'Land of Fires,' urging everyone to join together to correct course, and saying the principal meaning of his presence there was 'to confirm and encourage that stirring of dignity and responsibility that every honest heart feels when life springs forth and is immediately threatened by death.'

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A four-week conference at the United Nations to review the treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons ends without an agreement.

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Pope Leo XIV, in the southern Italian town of Acerra, encourages the faithful to make room for a prayer that becomes service and for a faith that dares to touch the wounds of society.

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As the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's liturgical readings, reflecting on the theme, "Proof that God enjoys a challenge”.

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While the bishops proposed many possible topics for the meeting, the pontiff emphasized dialogue and peace as priorities. The pope also said migrants must be respected and needed services not denied.

A Washington suit over hospital treatment of employees, a Pennsylvania appeal against abortion funding, and a Maine senator's absence from abortion-related meetings in this week's pro-life roundup.