Vatican & World News

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  Vatican & World News 21.08.2026 21.08.2026 14min

  -   Pope Leo addresses the International Catholic Legislators Network, urging them to protect human rights and human dignity. -   The first day of the 47th edition of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples opens in the Italian city of Rimini. -   80 priests in Colombia offer ‘spiritual first aid’ to families impacted by the earthquake which hit the country earlier this week.
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  Vatican & World News 20.08.2026 20.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 19.08.2026 19.08.2026 14min

  - Pope Leo expresses his condolences for the Polish pilgrims involved in a bus accident in Hungary - Colombia continues facing a humanitarian emergency after the August 10 earthquake - Pope Leo reflects on the importance of sacred music during the Wednesday General Audience
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  Vatican & World News 18.08.2026 18.08.2026 14min

  -   Pope Leo mourns victims of a ferry disaster in Zimbabwe, which claimed the lives of more than 80 people. -   In a Mass dedicated to St. Agatha, Cardinal Parolin invites everyone to pray for the many Christians persecuted around the world. -   The Pope's garden next to the Mater Ecclesiae monastery in the Vatican Gardens is now 100% organic.
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  Vatican & World News 17.08.2026 17.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 16.08.2026 16.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 15.08.2026 15.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 14.08.2026 14.08.2026 14min

   - In a message for the upcoming World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Leo focuses on the suffering of migrant children  - Mass is once again being celebrated in a monastery in war-torn southern Lebanon  - Church leaders are meeting in Peru to develop proposals to respond to the challenges facing the country
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  Vatican & World News 13.08.2026 13.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 12.08.2026 12.08.2026 14min

  -   Pope Leo sends a cheque to the dioceses in Colombia struck by a deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday -   The Holy See Press Office releases the schedule for the Pope’s upcoimg visit to the Republic of San Marino and the Italian city of Rimini -   At the General Audience, Pope Leo reflects on the liturgical year, describing Sunday as its “foundation and kernel” and urging Catholics to actively participate in the Eucharist
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  Vatican & World News 11.08.2026 11.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 10.08.2026 10.08.2026 14min

  -   Aid groups warn of dire consequences for civilians as Sudan’s army opens new offensives against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces  -   The UN Secretary-General condemns attacks on civilian areas in both Russia and Ukraine -   Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, joins a group of young people from across the Mediterranean for five days of encounter, prayer and reflection dedicated to peace
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  Vatican & World News 09.08.2026 09.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 08.08.2026 08.08.2026 14min

  -   Pope Leo will travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in September – repeating the first outing he made as pontiff last year. -   The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar reflects on synodality in the Church in Africa at the the first preparatory seminar for the 2028 Ecclesial Assembly. -   Caritas Cuba continues to provide access to food and basic necessities to the most vulnerable during an ongoing economic crisis in the country.
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  Vatican & World News 07.08.2026 07.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 06.08.2026 06.08.2026 14min

  -   Pope Leo carries out a pastoral visit to Assisi, telling the thousands of young people gathered there to make courageous lifelong commitments -   Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, decries the current situation of “neither war nor peace” in the Holy Land -   We speak to President of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference about Pope Leo’s upcoming Apostolic Visit to the country
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  Vatican & World News 05.08.2026 05.08.2026 14min
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  Vatican & World News 04.08.2026 04.08.2026 14min

  -   Pope Leo urges Catholic communicators to shape a digital culture that serves the truth and defends human dignity  -   The Catholic Church in Tangier gets to work helping Moroccan migrants returning from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta -   An Indonesian Vatican official returns to his native village with relics from Rome, in a quest to turn it into a center for prayer and pilgrimage.
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  Vatican & World News 03.08.2026 03.08.2026 14min

  -   Pope Leo will meet thousands of young Europeans in Assisi on Thursday to mark the end of a Franciscan gathering centred on peace, forgiveness and vocation. -   The organizers of the 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul, South Korea release the event’s official hymn. -   Zanzibar gears up to host the 6th edition of the International Kitesurf Race, dedicated to bringing people together from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds.
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  Vatican & World News 02.08.2026 02.08.2026 13min