Ahead of the Winter Olympic Games that begin on February 6, Pope Leo XIV urges nations in conflict to respect the traditional Olympic truce.

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During his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV insists that living the Beatitudes can bring us happiness, bring light to the world’s shadows, and renew our hearts.

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Pope Leo XIV holds an audience for the Gentlemen of the Papal Household, Antechamber Attendants, and Chair Bearers, thanking them for bearing witness daily to the "sober beauty that characterizes pontifical protocol."

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In light of the worsening crisis, and following US President Donald Trump's executive order threatening to impose tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba, the country's Catholic Bishops warn of the risk of increased social suffering and call for profound reforms, dialogue, and respect for human dignity, without exclusions or violence.

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Radio Veritas Asia hosts a major online meeting bringing together several Asian personalities for the awards ceremony of a short film competition and for the launch of a commemorative book.

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At least 29 Palestinians, including at least six children, die in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip since dawn.

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John Bosco, also known as Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco and Don Bosco, was born in Becchi, Italy, on August 16, 1815. His birth came just after the end of the Napoleonic Wars which ravaged the area. Compounding the problems on his birthday, there was also a drought and a famine at the time of his birth. At the age of two, John lost his father, leaving him and his two older brothers to be raised by his mother, Margherita. His "Mama Margherita Occhiena" would herself be declared venerable by the ...

In a message for the 30th anniversary of the Italian newspaper "Il Foglio", Pope Leo XIV reminds the press of their responsibility to resist "extremist and misleading polarization that reduces reality to a parody of itself."

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Pope Leo XIV blesses a Marian mosaic and an image of St. Rose of Lima in the Vatican Gardens, and upholds the first saint born in the Americas as an example of our earthly journey of sanctification.

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The UN Children's Agency warns it is becoming increasingly difficult to reach just one child in Sudan's Darfur region amid a violent situation.

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