The first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas’, published on 26 May 2026, links the pursuit of language as a tool for peace to the synodal journey of the Church. In an interview with Vatican News, Father Justin Nkunzi, president of the Justice and Peace Commission in the Archdiocese of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—a region scarred by violent conflicts—explains how this language can become an instrument of peace not only in the DRC but in the whole Great Lakes

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Fr. Luigi Pugliese, an Italian priest who serves as the Rector of the Marian Shrine in Acerra, near Naples, shares his hopes for the impact of Pope Leo XIV’s visit on May 23 to the area.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with the members of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, and praises the French pediatrician and founder of modern genetics as a man who defended life and human dignity in favor of the common good.

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The 96th General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is set to open in Prague, Czechia, on June 24, bringing together 113 public radio and television broadcasters from 56 countries, including Vatican Radio, one of the EBU’s founding members.

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Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Modern culture faces a quiet crisis of conviction, where the line between faith and social conformity has blurred.  True faith is no longer tested just by public declarations, but by the courage...

Born in 16th-century Italy, Aloysius spent much time in prayer from a young age.  He joined the Jesuits at age 18 and served in a Milan hospital during the plague of 1587.  He eventually contracted the plague and died at the...

Talks about the details of a long-term peace deal to end the war between the United States and Iran have begun in Switzerland.

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Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz has declared a National State of Emergency, to empower the Police reinforced by the Military, to sweep aside road blocks which are choking the supply arteries of food and fuel. Jam

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A good father is an immeasurable gift and something our world is in need of today. Join us in praying for all fathers this Father's Day... For our biological fathers on earth—that God protects and blesses them with the strength...

Following the recitation of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Leo marks world Refugee Day, prays for victims in a car crash in Brazil and greets members of the Pentecostal Church.

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