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As the Church recalls Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death, Vatican News releases a new documentary that looks back over the life and legacy of the Argentine Pope.
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As the Church recalls Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death, Vatican News releases a new documentary that looks back over the life and legacy of the Argentine Pope.
Marking seven years since the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, the Catholic Church renews its call for truth and justice, as investigations continue amid progress and resistance. Fr Rohan Silva sheds light on ongoing legal developments, unresolved demands for transparency, and the Church’s commitment to sustain pressure while keeping hope alive.
As Equatorial Guinea prepares to receive Pope Leo XIV, Vatican News speaks to residents of Malabo about their expectations for his upcoming visit.
On the eighth day of his Apostolic Journey in Africa, Pope Leo XIV visits a nursing home and celebrates Mass in Saurimo, and meets with members of the clergy, religious men and women, and pastoral workers in Luanda.
In light of Pope Leo's repeated appeals for peace during his Apostolic Journey, Fr. Samir Alrafayne, a Sudanese priest who has been in Angola for 13 years, calls for renewed attention to the critical situation in Sudan, where a violent conflict has raged for years, killing tens of thousands and displacing millions of people.
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops, clergy, men and women religious, and pastoral workers in Luanda, and highlights the courage of the Angolan Church in “denouncing the scourge of war," urging Angolans to help build a society based on freedom and fairness.
In light of the systemic shocks caused by the war in the Middle East, the Holy See's Permanent Observer to the FAO urges immediate measures to stabilize markets and protect vulnerable populations and echoes the Pope's call to "let us embrace diplomacy to ensure sustainable development."
During Mass in Saurimo, Pope Leo urges the faithful of Angola to follow the Risen Lord, who leads the way and sanctifies us, and "to not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life.”
On Tuesday, April 21, the first anniversary of the death of Pope Francis, Vatican News will broadcast a live Rosary and Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major and release a documentary to recall the late Argentine Pope.
Pope Leo XIV visits the elderly at a care home in the Angolan city of Saurimo, and recalls that the quality of a nation is seen in how it cares for the weakest.
Amid Pope Leo XIV's visit to a care home for the elderly in Saurimo, Georgina Mwandumba, the facility's director, tells Vatican News about the 74 elderly residents who have been rejected by their families due to superstitious beliefs, saying the Holy Father's visit offers a profound lesson for Angolan society.
Pope Leo XIV wraps up his seventh day in Africa, during which he celebrated Holy Mass in Kilamba and prayed the Rosary at the Mamã Muxima Shrine, in Angola.