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Pope to lead worldwide Rosary for peace in Vatican Gardens
Posted on 05/28/2026 06:22 AM ()
Accompanying his repeated calls for an end to war, Pope Leo XIV will preside over the recitation of the Holy Rosary on May 30 in the Vatican Gardens, with each decade dedicated to people impacted by war—from families torn apart to medical personnel and volunteers.
Holy See and Italy renewable energy agreement enters into force
Posted on 05/28/2026 05:43 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.
Attacks in Lebanon intensify causing more death and displacement
Posted on 05/28/2026 05:43 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.
Pope to bishops: Church's fruitfulness should not be based on numbers
Posted on 05/28/2026 05:20 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.”
Pope Leo XIV to visit the Republic of San Marino on August 22
Posted on 05/28/2026 03:43 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 03:24 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.
Pope: Catholic communities must evangelize youth amid spiritual poverty
Posted on 05/28/2026 01:54 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 01:02 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."
Scores of civilians die in Lebanon in intensified Israeli strikes
Posted on 05/27/2026 06:25 AM ()
Israeli air attacks kill at least two people in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district as it expandes its operations across the war-battered country. The attacks come in the wake of intense bombing on Tuesday as the IDF pounds Lebanon with more than 120 air strikes.
Pope establishes commission to relaunch ‘House for the Relief of Suffering’
Posted on 05/27/2026 03:02 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV signs a chirograph creating a new steering commission to relaunch the House for the Relief of Suffering Foundation, established in the Italian city of San Giovanni Rotondo by Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.