Russia and Ukraine have exchanged deadly aerial attacks, killing and injuring numerous people, as energy infrastructure increasingly becomes a target with winter approaching. The latest strikes also affected neighboring countries amid new Russian nuclear threats against the NATO military alliance.
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The canon law commission's final report proposes amendments to the Code of Canon Law of the Latin Church, based on the work carried out by the two General Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023 and October 2024.
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The Archbishop of Marseille and president of the French Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, reflects on Pope Leo’s four days in France.
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At the conclusion of the General Audience, Pope Leo XIV appealed to all sides in the Tigray region to halt hostilities, recalling that only sincere commitment can lay the foundations for lasting peace. Speaking to Polish pilgrims, he recalled the beatification, 30 years ago, of the 13 Greek Catholic martyrs of Pratulin, who were killed for defending their belonging to the Catholic Church and entrusted their intercession to “the cause of the unity of Christ’s disciples.”
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Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher and Cardinal Baldo Reina highlight religious communities’ contribution to peace at a conference in Rome, emphasizing religious freedom and respect for human dignity while rejecting the use of faith to justify war.
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Pope Leo XIV meets with the International Commission of Dominican Contemplative Nuns at the Vatican and encourages them to strengthen the value of silence in cloistered life as it creates “spaces of freedom and truth."
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In an interview with Vatican News as Pope Leo's Apostolic Journey to France draws to an end, Sister Nathalie Becquart, Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, reflects on the Pope’s journey, its impact, and his message of peace and reconciliation in Metz.
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At a conference in Rome on “Religions and Diplomacy,” Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, speaks to Vatican News about the responsibility of Churches in Europe to take responsibility for rediscovering unity and peace, so that they can help build it in society.
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Msgr. Anthony Ekpo, Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State and President of the Financial Security Committee, speaks at an international conference at Rome’s Luiss University dedicated to legislation introduced 15 years ago in the Vatican to prevent and combat money laundering and terrorist financing: “The purpose of financial integrity is to safeguard trust in institutions.”
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The Special Penal Tribunal of First Instance and the Appeals Tribunal have reached “moral certainty” of the late Argentine Father Carlos Miguel Buela guilt for acts constituting “an offence against the sixth commandment, committed with violence against several people.”
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