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Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, visits Aleppo and encourages local Christians to help rebuild Syria and to keep the Christian presence alive in the Middle East.
Catholic Bishops in Northern Uganda have decried the high level of alcohol and drug abuse among the young population in the area. They say it is one of the major causes of insecurity in the area.
Ahead of the 'Jordan: Dawn of Christianity' exhibition in the Vatican, Father Rifat Badar, a Jordanian priest with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, describes how the nation offers hope to refugees, and invites pilgrims to rediscover the roots of Christianity in Jordan, especially ahead of the nation's 2030 Jubilee.
In a message to the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering organized by the USCCB’s Secretariat of Justice and Peace, Pope Francis encourages social ministry leaders to “build bridges of reconciliation, inclusion, and fraternity,” and to not be afraid to be “protagonists of history.”
Pope Francis pens the preface to the book "The Christian Heritage in Iraq" by German journalist and theologian Matthias Kopp, spokesperson for the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) and consultor for the Dicastery for Communication. The book, published by Herder and currently available in German, traces the history of Christianity in Iraq, with a focus on Pope Francis' journey to the country in 2021 and the Holy See's diplomacy in the region.
St. Louis College, Thailand’s first Catholic nursing institution, has marked its 40th anniversary with a renewed commitment to produce graduates with core values of service, compassion, and professional excellence.
In a Note on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence, the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith and for Culture and Education highlight the potential and the challenges of artificial intelligence in the areas of education, the economy, labour, health, human and international relations, and war.
As the Holy See releases a document on artificial intelligence, the Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education tells Vatican News about AI’s extraordinary potential and the need for humanity to guide its development with collective responsibility, so that it may be a blessing for all people.
Our Editorial Director explores highlights of the new document on artificial intelligence from the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith and for Culture and Education.
Vatican News visits the second Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. ‘The search for truth, knowledge, and beauty’, says Abdul Rahman Azzam, ‘is not owned by any one religion, any one culture, any one civilisation’.
Pope Francis addresses the Presidents of Episcopal Commissions for Communications and Directors of National Communications Offices and encourages them to network together to build a different model of communication able to sow hope and mutual understanding instead of division.
On the sidelines of a global Dicastery-for Communication conference organized for the Jubilee of Communications, world-renowned tech expert Eli Pariser, the founder of New Public network who made known the 'filter bubble' concept, speaks to Vatican News about the need to make online spaces that focus on the good, rather than the bad, and in elevating the moral quality of communications.