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As donors gather online to support Lebanon in its ongoing crisis, the Vatican’s Undersecretary for Relations with States urges the international community to give the nation a chance to again be a message of peace and fraternity.

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo of Jakarta on Tuesday blessed 8 vehicles that will be used to vaccinate poor communities in and around the Indonesian capital.

A UN humanitarian chief decries Ethiopian government accusations that aid workers in the nation’s war-struck Tigray region are biased in favour of rebel forces.

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) is holding its Virtual Plenary Meeting. It is the third online assembly since the pandemic.

On the first anniversary of a massive explosion in Beirut which claimed many lives and caused widespread destruction, Pope Francis appeals for the Middle Eastern country of Lebanon, calling on the international community to provide “concrete assistance.”

Pope Francis continued his catechesis on St Paul’s Letter to the Galatians at the General Audience, which resumed on Wednesday following the summer break.

Amid a devastating spike in Covid-19 infections, Myanmar’s Catholic bishops are appealing to Catholics and followers of other faiths to pray in order to “melt the hearts of all people, to bring healing, peace and reconciliation”.

A band of unidentified young people vandalized the residence of Kinshasa’s Archbishop, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, on Sunday, prompting a response from the Congolese Bishops’ conference, which described the incident as “a serious attack on freedom of religion and expression, but also a violation of democracy.”

Pope Francis releases the prayer intention for the month of August, inviting everyone to work for a transformation of the Church - a work that begins with “a reform of ourselves” through an experience of prayer, charity and service, inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Following the summer break in July, Pope Francis will resume holding his weekly General Audience, beginning this Wednesday, 4 August.