In a videomessage for this year’s ALS ‘Walk for Life’, Pope Leo says that “the quality of human life is not dependent on achievement”, but “on love”.
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As the Church marks the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr Edmund Power reflects on the parable of the unjust steward.
Pope Leo XIV addresses the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Rome during an assembly at the Basilica of St John Lateran, inviting the Church of Rome to walk alongside the people of God with “a pastoral ministry that is supportive, empathetic, discreet, non-judgmental, and able to welcome everyone.”
In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Church is once again reeling from yet another attack. During the night of 15 September and 16 September, assailants armed with hammers, knives, crowbars, and all manner of tools stormed a preparatory training school near the Bishop’s residence in the Mudzipela neighbourhood of the Shari community in Bunia, the Provincial city of Ituri Province.
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, former Apostolic Nuncio, has died in Rome at the age of 67, leaving behind a legacy of charity and service in the many countries to which he was sent as a papal representative.
Marking Pope Leo XIV’s saint’s day on 17 September, the head of the Augustinian Province of St Thomas of Villanova says the Pope “is a man of prayer who listens to God and to people.”
A posthumous book by Pope Francis, “Il mio San Francesco” (My St Francis), will be available in Italian bookstores from 18 September. The volume presents a dialogue between the late Pope and Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints.
The parish priest of Gaza’s Holy Family church says his phone call on Tuesday with Pope Leo XIV was a blessing. The parish continues to shelter 450 people, including elderly, sick, and children, as many residents remain despite the danger.
Franciscan Friar Ibrahim Faltas of the Custody of the Holy Land reflects on the suffering of children in Gaza, forced into repeated displacement and uncertainty. He calls on educators, families, and societies to form new generations in a true culture of peace, urging all to “continue to believe, to pray, and to hope for peace.”
