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World Environment Day 2025: #BeatPlasticPollution

2 days ago | vaticannews.va | Kielce Gussie

By Kielce Gussie June 5 marks World Environment Day – the largest international day dedicated to the environment. Created in 1973 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), it has become the biggest environmental outreach, involving the global community across 150 countries in finding solutions to today’s most pressing environmental challenges.
Tens of thousands make Marian pilgrimage in Vietnam

4 days ago | vaticannews.va | Kielce Gussie

By Kielce Gussie To celebrate the conclusion of the Marian month of May, over 10,000 people from the various parishes and communities in the diocese of Da Nang – spanning more than 10,000 square kilometers – made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Tra Kieu. An event of faith According to the Vatican's Fides news agency, the Marian Shrine commemorates an apparition of the Virgin Mary 140 years ago.
Benedictine Sisters close facilities in Kenyan region due to violence

4 days ago | vaticannews.va | Kielce Gussie

By Kielce Gussie The doors of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart Priory have closed in Kenya's Kerio Valley, following an overwhelming amount of violence in the area.
Pope Leo: Families are the cradle of humanity’s future

6 days ago | vaticannews.va | Kielce Gussie

By Kielce Gussie On Sunday morning, St. Peter’s Square was filled with families for the concluding Mass in honor of the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. Pope Leo XIV presided over the celebration and, in his homily, he reflected on the family as a source of communion and faith.
CELAM sends letter to Pope Leo, inviting him to visit

1 week ago | vaticannews.va | Kielce Gussie

By Kielce Gussie Marking their 40th Ordinary General Assembly, the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) sent a letter to Pope Leo XIV. In it, they express their joy at his election as the 266th Successor to St. Peter and their gratitude for the telegram he addressed to the Assembly two days ago.
Pope Leo: Compassion is a matter of humanity, not a religious issue

1 week ago | vaticannews.va | Kielce Gussie

By Kielce Gussie Continuing his reflections on the parables in the Gospel during his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV recalls the “learned and well-prepared man—a doctor of the Law” from Luke’s Gospel. The Pope says this young man is too focused on himself and ignores others. The doctor of the Law speaks to Jesus, inquiring how he can inherit eternal life. But Pope Leo exposes “the deeper need for attention” behind this question as the young man asks Jesus to explain the word “neighbor”.
Southeast Asian leaders appeal for ceasefire and dialogue in Myanmar

1 week ago | vaticannews.va | Deborah Castellano Lubov

By Deborah Castellano Lubov Leaders of Southeast Asian countries on Tuesday urged all parties in conflict-torn Myanmar to expand a temporary ceasefire and build trust towards convening an inclusive dialogue. They did so during the 46th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional organization comprised of ten Southeast Asian countries, with the primary goals of promoting economic and security cooperation among its member states.
Caritas to host ‘townhall’ to discuss ending the global debt crisis

1 week ago | vaticannews.va | Kielce Gussie

By Kielce Gussie Senior Vatican officials, civil society leaders, and internationally-recognized economists will all come together virtually at a “townhall” meeting to debate how to end the global debt crisis which continues to keep billions of people in poverty.
Vatican releases Message for World Tourism Day 2025

1 week ago | vaticannews.va | Deborah Castellano Lubov

By Deborah Castellano Lubov Tourism should be marked by justice and respect for Creation, and, for this Jubilee Year, those working in tourism should express Christian hope.
Largest Peruvian community outside Peru - in US city - elated for Pope Leo XIV

1 week ago | vaticannews.va | Deborah Castellano Lubov

By Deborah Castellano Lubov The largest community of Peruvian faithful outside of Peru is found in Paterson, New Jersey, and they are beyond ecstatic for Pope Leo XIV's election. The community's inner-city children will benefit from an artificial field on the local church's property to play on, which will be named after the new Pope. This was shared with Vatican News by Msgr.