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Pope to Charismatic Renewal: Let Spirit lead you to communion, charity, mission
Posted on 05/30/2026 02:19 AM ()
Meeting with members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for the first time since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the movement's spiritual foundations and encourages its members to place their gifts at the service of the whole Church.
Magnifica Humanitas: Professor Lushombo shares insights on AI and social justice in Africa
Posted on 05/30/2026 01:48 AM ()
Professor Léocadie Wabo Lushombo, a Congolese theologian based at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, United States, has emphasised that the civilization of love highlighted by Pope Leo XIV in his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanita, invites active participation and discussion grounded in love, with the goal of reducing inequalities in society.
Pope Leo: Shared humanity is antidote to war and polarization
Posted on 05/30/2026 01:40 AM ()
Meeting with the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, Pope Leo XIV highlights the importance of the Church’s Social Doctrine in a divided world, saying freedom must be lived as self-giving and dialogue grounded in truth.
Pope: Education should help young people find themselves and others
Posted on 05/30/2026 01:25 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV tells participants in a Vatican conference on mental health, education, and digital technology that young people need help rediscovering silence, relationships, and openness to transcendence.
Lord's Day Reflection: 'The Light we resist, the Love we seek’
Posted on 05/30/2026 01:00 AM ()
As the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “The Light we resist, the Love we seek”.
Pope Leo and Canadian Prime Minister talk by phone
Posted on 05/29/2026 11:22 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV and the Canadian Prime Minister hold a telephone conversation on the themes of the Pope’s recently published encyclical, as well as on efforts for peace among peoples, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine, and on topics of common interest.
Cardinal Parolin: Youth mental health requires structural responses
Posted on 05/29/2026 09:17 AM ()
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks at a Vatican conference on mental health, digital technologies, and education, lamenting that society offers young people every means available but no purpose.
Rosaries made by cloistered nuns to accompany Pope in Spain
Posted on 05/29/2026 04:56 AM ()
Ten contemplative monasteries are preparing thousands of rosaries for Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit to Spain. The small hand-crafted objects are born of silence, prayer, manual labour, and the help of young volunteers.
Armenian section of Vatican Radio-Vatican News turns 60
Posted on 05/29/2026 03:48 AM ()
An Armenian music concert takes place at the Vatican to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Armenian section of Vatican Radio-Vatican News.
Archbishop Hicks of New York: 'Magnifica humanitas' to shape future generations
Posted on 05/29/2026 03:15 AM ()
In an interview with Vatican News, Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York calls Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical 'Magnifica humanitas' essential for generations to come and insists that Pope Leo is raising the right issues, especially on the transforming nature of work, as young people of his Archdiocese ask: 'Am I studying for a career that won't exist in 10 years?'