The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue sends well wishes to those celebrating the Hindu feast of Deepavali, and invites Christians and Hindus to “join hands in both small and great ways to nurture peace in our homes, communities and societies.”
Penulis: rakam
Pope Leo will visit the Quirinale Palace on Tuesday, where he will meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, reciprocating the Head of State’s visit to the Vatican in June.
In 2024 global military spending reached $2.7 trillion, while the funding gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains at $4 trillion per year. For every dollar invested in peace, two are spent on war. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations tells the UN that: “Every increase in military spending represents resources that could have been used to meet people’s basic needs and to establish a lasting peace.”
The Cardinal Secretary of State speaks to journalists about the Israel-Hamas agreement signed in Egypt, the Holy See-China agreement on the appointment of bishops, and the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado.
Following the first formal meeting of Pope Leo XIV with the leadership of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks of the American bishops’ unity with the Holy See and its shared mission to proclaim the Gospel amid polarization and social challenges.
Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, tells journalists to search for alternatives to the “toxic consumption of manipulated information.”
Pope Leo welcomes a group of students and faculty from Villanova University in the United States where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics in 1977.
Pope Leo XIV writes a message to the International Congress on Philosophy taking place in Asuncion, Paraguay, and reaffirms the complementary role of faith and reason, and the role of Christian believers who are called to be part of the dialogue and to ‘account for the reason of their hope.’
Frédéric-Marie le Méhauté OFM speaks to Vatican News about Pope Leo’s new apostolic exhortation on love for the poor.
Pope Leo XIV pays a visit to the headquarters of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and blesses a sculpture called “The Tree of Human Dignity.”
