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As the Church celebrates the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on September 1, Indian Bishop Allwyn D’Silva, Chairman of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences’ Office of Human Development, reflects on the importance of praising God for His marvellous gift of Creation.

Addressing the Capuchin Friars meeting for their General Chapter, Pope Francis encourages them to continue the Order’s historical commitment to peace, fraternity, and charity towards the poor, following in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi.

Pope Francis addreses members of “Terna”, an Italian electric transmission company, and lauds their commitment to clean energy, transparency, and ethical responsibility, emphasising the importance of their work for the common good and the environment.

Launching children into the world of solidarity and coexistence is among the priorities of the new Secretary General of the Pontifical Mission Society of Holy Childhood, Sister Ines Paulino Albino.

In a video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis prays that "each of us might listen with our hearts to the cry of the earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and climate change, making a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit."

Pope Francis addresses participants in the Extraordinary Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Evangelization discussing the future mission of its Pontifical Urbaniana University and highlights the need for “creative” adaptation to contemporary challenges while remaining rooted in its specific identity and mission.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith gives its consent to the "nihil obstat" proposed by the Archbishop of Bourges concerning devotion to Our Lady of Mercy at the Marian shrine in the small French town, where in 1876, a poor young woman, Estelle Faguette, reportedly experienced several apparitions of the Virgin Mary.

The Dicastery for Evangelization is holding a two-day Extraordinary Plenary Assembly to discuss the future mission of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, which forms seminarians and priests for missionary dioceses around the world.

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem publishes a video clip showcasing the several initiatives it has undertaken since October 7, with the support of the universal Church, to provide assistance to the many Palestinian Christian families affected by the war in the Holy Land.

The Holy See has reiterated Pope Francis’ call for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), saying technological progress should be used to improve human life, not be allowed to take life.

The Mary Immaculate parish in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, recently hosted a grand celebration marking 40 years of Oblate missionary work in the country.

In a Message to the XVII Inter-Christian Symposium, Pope Francis says all Christians must reaffirm the intrinsic dignity of every human person in the face of contemporary questions about what it means to be human.

Pope Francis addresses members of the Latin Episcopal Conference of the Arabic Regions during their plenary meeting in Rome, appealing to them to "keep the hope alive" amidst escalating tension in the Middle East and asking them to continue their mission of peace and reconciliation.

Pope Francis meets with leaders of the Organized Communities of the United States, Industrial Areas Foundation—West/Southwest, at the Casa Santa Marta, who presented the progress made by the Ecclesial Network of Organized Communities (RECOR).

At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis decries indifference in the face of migrants who die crossing deserts and seas in search of a better life, and calls for global system of governance based on justice and solidarity.

The Holy See Press Office releases a communiqué expressing the Holy See's "satisfaction" with the Chinese government's official recognition of Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen as the Bishop of Tianjin.

Ahead of Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to four nations in Asia and Oceania, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, explores the meaning of the Pope's visit for the universal Church.

Pope Francis briefly left the Vatican today to visit the Church of Saint Augustine in Rome, where the remains of St. Monica, the mother of the Bishop of Hippo are kept.

Over the weekend, a Mass presided over by Father Gabriel Samba, the Provincial of the Dominican Order in Central Africa, marked the end of the annual retreat of priests working in the Archdiocese of N’Djamena

Following Pope Francis' audience with families of those killed in the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, Elie and Tatiana Hasrouty, who lost their father in the deadly blast, discuss the consolation they have found through faith and how to work together toward peace in Lebanon.

Pope Francis urges religious to help young people realize their great need for God in their lives as he welcomes Oblates of St. Joseph in the Vatican.

Pope Francis sends a message to participants in the 74th National Liturgical Week, held in the northern Italian town of Modena-Nonantola. The gathering on the theme, “The Fruit of Lips that Confess His Name” focusses on the importance of communal liturgical prayer, sacred music, silence, and liturgical ministries.

In a video message addressed to the second Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), concluding today in Brazil, the Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication reaffirms the need for a human-centred communication based on the “wisdom of the heart” and not on algorithms.

Pope Francis meets a group of families of victims of the 2020 devastating explosion at the port of Beirut, expressing solidarity in their quest for truth and justice, and again invokes peace in the Middle East.

Pope Francis sends a message to participants in a meeting of the Catholic Association of Italian Guides and Scouts (AGESCI), and invites scout leaders to show young people a Christian path toward fraternal communion and service to one another.

Sr Grace Kyomugisha of the Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Uganda is the new President of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA).

On the sidelines of the Rimini Meeting, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian Bishops' Conference, speaks to Vatican News, highlighting that reconciliation is the only way to rediscover fraternity.

In his reflections for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis encourages us to be like the first disciples by seeking the Lord and always remaining with Him for the fullness of life that brings eternal joy.

Following the Angelus, Pope Francis offers his solidarity with Mpox sufferers, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, struggling with the outbreak, now a global health emergency.. He also offers his consolation to the people of Nicaragua, encouraging them to renew their hope in Jesus.

In his words following the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis expresses his fears over Kyiv's decision to ban the Orthodox Church linked to the Moscow Patriarchate. He appeals: "Let no Christian Church be abolished directly or indirectly."