As the Church observes the Third Sunday of Lent, Abbot Marion Nguyen offers this reflection on โLent at the well of truthโ
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Sir James MacMillan receives a Doctorate Honoris Causa at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music and delivers a lecture on the spiritual and creative role of silence in sacred composition. In an interview with Vatican Radio, he reflects on tradition, liturgy, and the legacy of Pope Benedict XVI for contemporary composers.
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The National Order of Agronomists and Foresters gifts a gingko biloba tree to Pope Leo, which has been planted in the Vatican Gardens. At the planting ceremony, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the FAO stresses that “in the ecological evils, humanity must always be the solution, never the problem.”
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The Holy See asks that the digital transformation of the Americas place women and human dignity at its centre. Speaking at the Organization of American States during a session marking International Womenโs Day, permanent observer Monsignor Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano also recalls Pope Leo XIVโs warning that women who face violence and exclusion are often โdoubly poor.โ
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In this weekโs news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with Lโลuvre dโOrient, we turn to the escalating violence in the Middle East and its impact on communities in Lebanon, Iraq and the Holy Land.
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The Holy Seeโs Permanent Observer to the UN in Geneva calls for efforts to overcome global inequalities exacerbated by foreign debt.
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The Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia calls on believers of all faiths to pray โso that the roar of missiles may ceaseโ and that the people of the Middle East may live in communion, highlighting the spiritual context in which the conflict has erupted.
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Israel carried out new strikes on Iran overnight as the conflict entered its seventh day.
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In their first plenary assembly for 2026, the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST) convened recently in the countryโs capital, Luanda. During the meeting, they issued a Pastoral Letter and approved the official prayer for the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to Angola.
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On March 9 and 10, the Laudato Siโ Center for Higher Education and the University of Notre Dame will launch the Global Alliance, an international initiative that brings together universities and international organizations committed to fight climate change.
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