Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Austria, Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen, in the Vatican.

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Pope Leo XIV receives the President of the Republic of Singapore in the Vatican on Thursday.

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Pope Leo XIV receives the Governor General of Canada, Mary Jeannie May Simon, in the Vatican.

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A new round of explosions in Tehran on Thursday marked another intense day in the six‑day conflict.

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Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of March, inviting Catholics to pray with him for 'disarmament and peace,' and praying that 'the nuclear threat may never again dictate the future of humanity.'

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St. John Joseph of the Cross was born about the middle of the seventeenth century in the beautiful island of Ischia, near Naples. From his childhood he was the model of virtue, and in his sixteenth year he entered the Franciscan Order of the Strictest Observance, or Reform of St. Peter of Alcantara. Such was the edification he gave in his Order, that within three years after his profession he was sent to found a monastery in Piedmont. He became a priest out of obedience, and obtained, as it ...

Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN in Geneva, highlights the persecution that Christians face across the world and emphasizes that nations must ensure religious freedom.

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Amid ongoing violence in the Middle East, the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon releases a statement warning that escalation threatens human dignity and calling for dialogue, national unity, and renewed international efforts for peace.

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In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, calls for restraint to avoid unnecessary military escalation abroad and prevent things from quickly spiraling out of control. He also urges overcoming polarization and protecting the human dignity of all peoples in the United States, in a way that ensures law and human rights are not opposed, but united.

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The “Patrons of the World's Children Hospital” donate a TELADOC LITE telemedicine system to Pope Leo XIV for paediatric care for children in need.

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