St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Roman Catholic Church

Pope Francis issues Motu Proprio “Fide Incensus” for granting the title of Blessed to the orders, congregations, and communities Inspired by the charism of Santo Spirito in Sassia of the Cult of the French religious, Guido di Montpellier, who was a "humble and modest servant" of the needy, sick, and abandoned children.

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The Vatican Secretary of State will represent the Pope at the conclusion of a pilgrimage of Ukrainian Catholics of Latin rite in Ukraine.

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Pope Francis sends a telegram to Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová expressing sorrow and condemnation over the attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico, praying for his recovery and extending solidarity to the Slovak nation.

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Pope Francis meets with thousands of people in Verona for the Arena of Peace event, and urges regular people to take the cause of peace in hand instead of waiting on world leaders.

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Encountering children in the Italian city of Verona, Pope Francis urges them to be empowered by the joy of Jesus' love and friendship to go against conventional thinking, to pursue what is good, and to work toward peace.

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Pope Francis opens his pastoral visit to Verona with a meeting with deacons, priests, and consecrated men and women. He urges each person to embrace their calling and boldly undertake their mission, celebrating the city's legacy of faith, charity, and hope.

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Sr. Viktoriya Andrushchyshyna rescues childhoods destroyed by war. She distributes drops of kindness in frontier areas, where her angels of joy travel to cities and villages that were liberated from Russian occupation. Quoting Pope Francis on the fact that Ukrainian children no longer smile, she thinks of herself as the “nun who restores smiles.”

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The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith responds to journalists about the "Medjugorje case" during the press conference presenting the new norms for discerning presumed supernatural phenomena.

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The United Nations humanitarian aid chief, Martin Griffiths, has defended the organisations' use of casualty figures during the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

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In this week's news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient, Armenian faithful hold four days of demonstrations, Lebanon celebrates the feastday of St. Charbel, and three monks set up a new monastery in Iraq.

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