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Father Michele Sega, 29, a parochial vicar at a parish in the United States, recalls several highlights from a retreat organized by the Neocatechumenal Way with around 800 priests from North, Central, and South America. Among these highlights are their participation in the Pope’s general audience and a four-day mission in Italy, traveling in pairs and without money.
As the Church celebrates the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “Preferring nothing whatever to Christ.”
In the Paul VI Hall, the second session of the Extraordinary Consistory centered on peace, emphasizing the need to work toward building peace and a "civilization of love." Many groups also emphasize the need to move beyond the logic of the "just war" doctrine and instead speak of the right to proportionate self-defense.
On June 25, the Anteo Palazzo del Cinema in Milan, “La Milanesiana,” hosted a tribute to American film director Martin Scorsese, who sent a video message shown at the event, which was attended by Fr. Antonio Spadaro, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
The first session of Pope Leo XIV's Extraordinary Consistory brought together 178 cardinals, who reflected on the world's growing social, political and spiritual challenges while reaffirming the Church's mission to foster communion, peace and hope.
The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations issues a statement calling states and the international community to further work to protect children and vulnerable people that are affected by conflicts and wars.
Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś tells the Extraordinary Consistory that the Parable of the Good Samaritan offers the Church its model for proclaiming the Gospel today, calling Christians to recognise both the wounds of modern humanity and the signs of compassion already present in the world.
Commemorated annually on 25 May, Africa Day was celebrated this week in Rome, Italy, at a colourful event. The celebrations were championed by the group of African ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, resident in Rome. It was an opportunity for the diplomats to promote "African culture and African fraternity cemented by various cultural expressions ranging from food, dress, and music."
Cardinal Mykola Bychok, Bishop of the Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Australia, speaks about the flag and cross from a Ukrainian soldier he gifted to the Pope and his hopes for the Extraordinary Consistory.
Pope Leo XIV meets with leaders of the Synod continental bodies as they reflect on the implementation of the Synod on Synodality and the path toward the 2028 Ecclesial Assembly.
"Leo in Rome," a new documentary by the Dicastery for Communication, is set for release on July 1 on Vatican News' platforms, recounting Pope Leo XIV’s years in Rome before his election.
At the prison in Lublin, Poland, inmates are offered the opportunity to pursue full-time university degrees in person from inside the prison as students of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II.