9+ hour, 13+ min ago   (676+ words) By Isabella H. de Carvalho Forgiveness spreads a healing love that can overcome all human hatred, resentment and division, Pope Leo XIV said in his Angelus message on Sunday, September 13, in St. Peter’s Square. “Forgiveness is indispensable, and without it, we…...

14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (972+ words) On September 11, 2001, the United States had just been struck by four suicide attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives in different parts of the country. Pope John Paul II was at Castel Gandolfo when he received a telephone call from the Director…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (233+ words) “He was my mentor”, Kabawat says, speaking to Vatican News at an interreligious conference in Rome. “He was the one who taught me about dialogue.” In this regard, Kabawat is keen to highlight the announcement, made in late August, that…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (314+ words) The road is long and difficult, but necessary—and neither impossible nor without hope: to build an alternative narrative, serious and solid, shared by the different religious traditions, in order to rediscover Jerusalem’s authentic and universal mission. The direction of…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (218+ words) Participants in the Congress, an initiative of Scholas Occurrentes, included Monsignor Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage, Secretary of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, whose presence complemented that of Alaa Murabit, an activist and founder of “The Voice of Libyan…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1693+ words) He does not want to take credit and repeatedly speaks of teamwork, but if Pope Leo XIV is going to France from September 25 to 28, a country where there is “a great spiritual thirst,” it is certainly thanks in part to…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (558+ words) Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, is formally launching a new interdisciplinary forum dedicated to exploring Jerusalem’s universal vocation and its significance for people both within the Holy Land and beyond. “Within Your Gates: The Forum for the Universal…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (1131+ words) To be at a border is to find oneself in a place where several realities can be viewed simultaneously. A border can become a place of tension, but also a place of encounter and fruitful exchange. It is therefore not…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (532+ words) By Roberto Paglialonga and Linda Bordoni As the war between the United States and Iran enters a new phase, concern is growing across the Gulf, where attacks have targeted several countries that host US military bases. On Saturday, Tehran accused…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (440+ words) The following transcript has been lightly edited for style and brevity. Vatican News: Tell me a little bit about the Latin, or Roman Catholic, Church in Egypt. Bishop Claudio Lurati: The Latin community in Egypt has been there, in different…...