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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Unity means support, not inferiority
Posted on 01/22/2026 08:24 AM ()
During the week dedicated to praying for Christian unity, the director of the Ecumenical Department of the Mother of Holy Mary in the Armenian Apostolic Church speaks about how true unity means "there is no sense of inferiority."
Vatican Labour Office: We work so that employees’ rights are never violated
Posted on 01/22/2026 08:13 AM ()
Monsignor Marco Sprizzi, president of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See (ULSA), explains the entity's work and comments on the recent survey conducted by the Association of Vatican Lay Employees, which reports discontent among employees.
Ecumenism and its lasting ripple effect
Posted on 01/22/2026 07:58 AM ()
From India to Rome, a young Christian studying at Bossey Ecumenical Institute reflects on unity and justice, as well as what Christian Unity means in a fractured world
Holy Land Co-ordination: Stand with people of Holy Land, help foster dialogue
Posted on 01/22/2026 04:42 AM ()
At the end of their annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the Co-ordination of Bishops' Conferences in Support of the Church in the Holy Land release a statement calling for the recognition of human dignity, praying that peace may prevail over violence.
Pope approves decrees for 2 new Blesseds and 4 Venerables
Posted on 01/22/2026 04:26 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV approves decrees for the causes of saints and recognizes the martyrdom of Guatemalan Fr. Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio and Mother Maria Ignazia Isacchi, clearing the way for their beatification.
Poland: Vatican Media honored for promoting peace
Posted on 01/22/2026 03:28 AM ()
The Polish Military Ordinariate has awarded the Benemerenti Prize to the Polish-language section of Vatican Radio–Vatican News and L’Osservatore Romano in recognition of their contribution to promoting the values of peace. The honor was also conferred on several units of the Polish Armed Forces: the Operational Command of the Armed Forces, the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate, and the Air Force Orchestra.
US & Japanese Bishops urge renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament
Posted on 01/22/2026 02:09 AM ()
Marking the fifth anniversary of the Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, several Bishops of Japan and the United States renew calls for nations to work toward a world free of nuclear arms.
Children bear brunt of devastating Mozambique floods
Posted on 01/22/2026 02:07 AM ()
As the humanitarian emergency intensifies for severe flooding across Mozambique, the UN Children's Fund illustrates that children are most affected, and that waterborne illnesses and malnutrition are a 'lethal combination.'
The ‘lifting of the anathemas’, sixty years on
Posted on 01/21/2026 22:42 PM ()
At a conference in Rome, Cardinal Kurt Koch and Metropolitan Job of Pisidia reflect on the thousand year-old rupture between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, and the 1965 Joint Declaration by Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Saint Paul VI which set them on the road to unity.
Pope to Catholic media: Amplify voices for reconciliation, disarm hearts
Posted on 01/21/2026 09:00 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV sends a message to the French Catholic Media Federation for the 29th edition of the Days of St. Francis de Sales, taking place in Lourdes on January 21-23.