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Attacks in Lebanon intensify causing more death and displacement
Posted on 05/28/2026 06:43 AM ()
As the conflict between the U.S. and Iran enters its fourth month, the Israeli military launches more strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, killing scores of people and deepening the humanitarian crisis.
Holy See and Italy renewable energy agreement enters into force
Posted on 05/28/2026 06:43 AM ()
After the initial signing in July 2025, the agreement between the Holy See and Italy to build an agrivoltaic plant in the Vatican’s Santa Maria di Galeria area enters into force. The project aims to provide the Vatican City State with renewable energy.
Pope to bishops: Church's fruitfulness should not be based on numbers
Posted on 05/28/2026 06:20 AM ()
In an audience with members of the Italian Episcopal Conference at the conclusion of their 82nd General Assembly, Pope Leo urges a “focus on the essential” and keeping the priority on the Gospel, which “awakens us” in today’s world “marked by complexity.”
Vatican offers pastoral support to promote Magnifica Humanitas
Posted on 05/28/2026 06:00 AM (CNA Daily News)
Pope Leo XIV to visit the Republic of San Marino on August 22
Posted on 05/28/2026 04:43 AM ()
Before travelling to the northern Italian city of Rimini on August 22, Pope Leo XIV will also visit the Republic of San Marino.
Pope Leo helps priest suffering due to heat in St Peter's Square
Posted on 05/28/2026 04:24 AM ()
Father Franco Semeraro tells Vatican News how Pope Leo XIV came to the aid of his brother, Fr Diego, after he felt faint on May 27 at the end of the General Audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Parish Picnic - Sunday, May 31 - 11:00 a.m. - REMINDER
Posted on 05/28/2026 02:55 AM (St. Anthony Church)
Pope: Catholic communities must evangelize youth amid spiritual poverty
Posted on 05/28/2026 02:54 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV encourages the Dicastery for Evangelization to assist Catholic communities throughout the world in their efforts to respond to the crisis of spiritual poverty among young people.
Cardinal Cupich: Pope's encyclical 'a new lens' for Church's Social Doctrine
Posted on 05/28/2026 02:02 AM ()
In an interview with Vatican News, the Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, says Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical 'Magnifica humanitas' recognizes that "new technology has the potential to overtake our capacity to control it, and the Pope is giving us a wake-up call to seize this moment with urgency."
Cubans are coming to parishes saying they haven’t eaten in days, bishop laments
Posted on 05/27/2026 17:18 PM (CNA Daily News)