Church leaders in Bangladesh and India say visa hurdles and financial constraints are among the biggest challenges facing young pilgrims hoping to attend the August 2027 gathering.

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN in Geneva, highlights the persecution that Christians face across the world and emphasizes that nations must ensure religious freedom.

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Amid ongoing violence in the Middle East, the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon releases a statement warning that escalation threatens human dignity and calling for dialogue, national unity, and renewed international efforts for peace.

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In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, calls for restraint to avoid unnecessary military escalation abroad and prevent things from quickly spiraling out of control. He also urges overcoming polarization and protecting the human dignity of all peoples in the United States, in a way that ensures law and human rights are not opposed, but united.

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The retired coach and sports analyst had entered hospice shortly before his death.

With the communist government of Cuba under extreme pressure from the economic crisis of its own making and a U.S.-imposed oil embargo, exiled Cuban opposition leaders outlined the way to democracy.

No casualties were reported in the attack in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.

Catholic leaders in Iraq are calling for prayer and peace talks as the country faces repercussions from the widening war in the Middle East.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom also called for increasing refugee admissions to the United States.

A top U.S. cardinal had earlier claimed that the country’s vice president had apologized for his strong rhetoric regarding the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.