Food is slowly returning to the shelves in Gaza but the situation is still difficult and supplies remain in shortage. I

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church who, per Christian tradition, was martyred around 305 in Alexandria, Egypt. Of course, the Church of the first Millennium was undivided. She is also recognized as the Great Martyr and Saint by the Orthodox Church. There are no surviving primary sources attesting to her existence, but the fact that her memory, and the stories about her, have been kept alive - and handed down in the tradition - certainly confirm her ...

Rwanda’s Bishop Vincent Harolimana, of the Diocese of Ruhengeri, has told young people that Saint Carlo Acutis is a model saint who can help them navigate today’s digital world.

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The doctrinal Note Una caro. In Praise of Monogamy has been published, exploring the value of marriage as an “exclusive union and mutual belonging.” It highlights the importance of conjugal charity and attentiveness to the poor, and condemns all forms of violence, both physical and psychological. In an individualistic and consumerist age, young people must be educated to understand love as responsibility and trust in the other.

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The Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that 50 students kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area in Niger State, escaped their captors and have since returned to their families.

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Pope Leo XIV approves the publication of new Regulations of the Roman Curia, which implement the reform put in place by the Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium."

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As the Christian community in Türkiye awaits Pope Leo XIV to commemorate the Council of Nicaea with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Christian Unity, says he hopes that this joint commemoration will bear witness to Christian unity.

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Through the missionary efforts of various religious families beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing until 1866, the Vietnamese people heard the message of the gospel, and many accepted it despite persecution and even death. On June 19, 1988, Pope John Paul II canonized 117 persons martyred in the eighteenth century. Among these were ninety-six Vietnamese, eleven missionaries born in Spain and belonging to the Order of Preachers, and ten French missionaries belonging to the Paris ...

Pope Leo XIV tells pilgrims from Latvia, which has been heavily affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine, that in times of conflict it is important "to turn to God and to be strengthened by His grace”.

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Pope Leo XIV welcomes the Servants of Mary attending the congregation's 215th General Chapter, recalling that living the Gospel is epitomized by intense love for God and for others.

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