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COP30: Ode to the Amazon
Posted on 11/9/2025 23:20 PM ()
As COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, we look at the significance of hosting this year's UN climate conference in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
Philippine Church activates relief network as deadly storms strike back-to-back
Posted on 11/9/2025 09:01 AM ()
Caritas Philippines, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, has mobilized its national network to respond to the impact of Super Typhoon Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan.
Pope: Honor war victims with ceasefires, genuine commitment for peace
Posted on 11/9/2025 04:21 AM ()
At the conclusion of the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV expresses his deep gratitude to those who work to build peace in countries experiencing war. He also offers prayers for the people of the Philippines, hit by Typhoon Fung-wong.
Pope at Angelus: We are Christ's Church meant to joyfully walk with Him
Posted on 11/9/2025 03:17 AM ()
During his weekly Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV reminds the faithful that "the true sanctuary of God is Christ" who is "the only mediator of salvation, the only Redeemer, the One who, by uniting Himself with our humanity, and transforming us with His love, represents the door that opens wide for us and leads us to the Father."
Pope: The Church is a ‘construction site’ for a community to be built without haste
Posted on 11/9/2025 02:44 AM ()
Celebrating Mass on the occasion of the Dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the Church, urging the faithful to be ‘free from the criteria of the world, which too often demands immediate results because it does not know the wisdom of waiting’. ‘Jesus changes us and calls us to work in God's great construction site, wisely shaping us according to His plans for salvation.’ ‘In Rome,’ says the Pope, ‘there is a great good that grows’ beyond the hardships.
Pope Leo meets with victims of clerical abuse from Belgium
Posted on 11/8/2025 11:47 AM ()
Pope Leo meets with a group of survivors of clerical abuse in Belgium in a climate of “closeness, deep listening, and painful dialogue”, which concluded with a moment of prayer.
Pope to young people: be bridge builders in a world marked by division
Posted on 11/8/2025 11:00 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV sends a videomessage to the young people gathered the Cathedral of Košice in Slovakia and encourages them to bring the light of Christ to their families, schools, workplaces and more.
Lord's Day Reflection: Anger issues? Try a little holy zeal
Posted on 11/8/2025 07:11 AM ()
As the Church celebrates the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's Gospel reading, which tells how Jesus cast the money-changers out of the Temple.
Six months with Pope Leo XIV: A united and open Church, a sign of peace for a world wounded by hatred
Posted on 11/8/2025 06:38 AM ()
There is a common thread running through the magisterium of the new Pope: he has proposed a model of Christian community, missionary in nature, where communion is lived, and which is therefore capable of serving all, starting with the least; a community committed to fostering dialogue and peace. A Church that does not “lean” on the powerful nor confuse mission with religious marketing, but knows how to be leaven because it reflects the light of Another.
Cardinal Parolin at COP30: Greater political will needed to address climate change
Posted on 11/8/2025 06:33 AM ()
In Belém, Brazil, at the meeting of world leaders that preceded the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held from November 10 to 21, the Cardinal Secretary of State spoke about the Paris Agreement, which marks its tenth anniversary.