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Cardinal Bo: Myanmar in ‘polycrisis’ 5 years after military coup

The archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, described overlapping economic, social, and humanitarian crises facing his country at the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference plenary in Sydney.

As churches close in Europe, debate intensifies over their future

The European Heritage Awards have spotlighted two contrasting models for saving sacred buildings, as Europe confronts a wider question over the future of its increasingly empty churches.

President Trump calls Iran reply to U.S. peace plan unacceptable

President Donald Trump has said Iran's response to US proposals to end the war was unacceptable.

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Colombia to be consecrated to Immaculate Heart of Mary on May 13

The day's events in Bogota will include the rosary, Mass, the consecration, Eucharistic adoration, and a procession, with the theme of praying for peace and reconciliation through conversion of heart.

IOR 2025 Annual Report reveals 10-year-record net income

The Institute for the Works of Religions releases its 2025 Annual Report, and reveals a 51 million euro net income and a dividend to the Pope of 24.3 million euro.

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Pope to Vatican Observatory: Church embraces science to find God in Creation

As he meets with the Vatican Observatory Foundation, Pope Leo XIV upholds the Catholic Church’s desire to seek God in His Creation through rigorous, honest science.

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Pope: Christians and Muslims must work together to ‘revive humanity'

In a meeting with participants in an interfaith colloquium, Pope Leo calls on Christians and Muslims to “revive humanity where it has grown cold” and "transform indifference into solidarity”.

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'Intensive Week' of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Employees, collaborators, volunteers, and interns of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, including those working abroad, meet in Rome for a week of sharing and proposing initiatives, with Cardinal Prefect Michael Czerny saying the goal is "to support the mission of the Pope and the Bishops throughout the world."

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Vatican's Vesak message calls on Buddhists and Christians to become “artisans of peace”

In its message for Vesak 2026, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue invites Buddhists and Christians to work together for an “unarmed and disarming peace” rooted in compassion, dialogue, and inner transformation.

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Pope Leo receives Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan

Pope Leo XIV receives the Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan, Mr. Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Abdelhafiz, in the Vatican on Monday.

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