St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Her mother was an Algonquin, who was captured by the Mohawks and who took a Mohawk chief for her husband. She contracted smallpox as a four-year-old child which scarred her skin. The scars were a source of humiliation in her youth. She was commonly seen wearing a blanket to hide her face. Worse, her entire family died during the ...

Bishop Antonio Gómez Cantero reflects on the tragedy of the wildfires in Bédar and Los Gallardos, highlighting the solidarity shown by local residents and the response of the local Church. Amid pain and loss, he calls for hope, care for creation, and a lived faith rooted in community and mercy.

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Liberia has strengthened enforcement against illegal mining and improved oversight of the country's mineral resources. The move reflects growing concern across Africa over the economic, environmental, and security consequences of unregulated mining.

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Almost 3 weeks after the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela, rescue teams continue to comb the rubble as many people are still unaccounted for.

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Israel continues its military operations in Gaza, where five people, including a nine-year-old girl, were reportedly killed, as new Israel-Lebanon talks are set to begin in Rome and Israel prepares for October's parliamentary elections.

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Thirty Nobel laureates, representatives from 30 countries, former heads of state and government, 20 leading artificial intelligence experts — including OpenAI, Google DeepMind, AARU and Anthropic — and 30 of the world’s most prominent universities and research institutions, will meet this week in Borgo Laudato si' in Castel Gandolfo, and later at the Capitoline Hill, where they are expected to adopt a Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace.

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The U.S. conducts a fresh wave of strikes on Iran in response to Iranian forces hitting a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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St. Henry, son of Henry, Duke of Bavaria, and of Gisella, daughter of Conrad, King of Burgundy, was born in 972. He received an excellent education under the care of St. Wolfgang, Bishop of Ratisbon. In 995, St. Henry succeeded his father as Duke of Bavaria, and in 1002, upon the death of his cousin, Otho III, he was elected emperor. Firmly anchored upon the great eternal truths, which the practice of meditation kept alive in his heart, he was not elated by this dignity and sought in all ...

A new UNICEF report warns that 3.7 million Afghan children under the age of five are at risk of malnutrition, urging urgent investment in preventive nutrition measures before the country's annual peak hunger season.

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Our Editorial Director, Andrea Tornielli, reflects on the role of the Successor of Peter and his Magisterium.

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