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Three years after the October 7 attacks, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem describes a Holy Land gripped by mistrust in an interview with the Vatican’s media outlets. He also expresses concern over the West Bank, where he denounces “a total absence of law,” and Gaza, where “the humanitarian situation has not improved at all.”
On the fourth day of the Amoris laetitia meeting in the Vatican, Cardinal José Cobo Cano calls for ongoing pastoral accompaniment, while theologian María Marcela Mazzini emphasizes that the Sacrament of Marriage must be lived as well as celebrated.
Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the Catholic Church’s rejection of the death penalty, recalling that the common good can be “safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment.”
Pope Leo XIV appoints Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola as Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and Bishop Aurelio García Macías as Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
A meeting entitled “A Healing Presence: The Church’s Call to Mental Health Ministry,” organized by the Catholic Mental Health Ministers, opens in Rome to explore Pope Leo XIV’s October prayer intention, which focuses on mental health.
Speaking to members of the Bizot Group, which brings together directors of the world’s largest museums, Pope Leo stresses the importance of works of art as a means of “safeguarding a heritage that belongs to all humanity.”
The Secretariat of State reaffirms its position on chivalric orders, noting that the Holy See recognizes and protects only the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, besides its own chivalric orders.
Meeting with the Greek Melkite Synod of Bishops, Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to bear witness to reconciliation and serve as seeds of communion in lands scarred by violence.
After meeting with Pope Leo XIV, Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, tells Vatican News that respect for international law must be restored in conflict zones and warns of the danger of dehumanizing language and autonomous weapon systems.
As the international community marks World Porridge Day on 10 October, the story of a young Malawian woman whose life was transformed by a daily school meal offers a reflection on the importance of school feeding programmes in the fight against hunger. Through the documentary Lettie, Mary’s Meals revisits a story first told more than a decade ago, tracing one woman’s journey from childhood hunger to hope.
