Pope Leo XIV appoints first non-religious woman to lead Dicastery for Communication
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Pope Leo XIV appoints first non-religious woman to lead Dicastery for Communication

VATICAN (OSV News): Pope Leo XIV appointed Maria Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado, president and chief operating…

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Manila tree-cutting ‘voluntarily stopped’ after Caritas Philippines decries ‘ecological violence’ of controversial expressway project
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Manila tree-cutting ‘voluntarily stopped’ after Caritas Philippines decries ‘ecological violence’ of controversial expressway project

MANILA (RVA News and LiCAS News): Public protests and pressure from Church and environmental groups…

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AI and ‘culture of power’ render just war theory outdated, requiring new constraints, pope says in encyclical
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AI and ‘culture of power’ render just war theory outdated, requiring new constraints, pope says in encyclical

(OSV News): In his new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas [Magnificent humanity], subititled, On Safeguarding the Human…

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The bridge of May Day St. Joseph the Worker 
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The bridge of May Day St. Joseph the Worker 

Ambrose Mong International Workers’ Day on May 1 has become a global symbol of workers’…

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Asian Churches urged to prioritise mission for families
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Asian Churches urged to prioritise mission for families

BANGKOK (UCAN): Churches in Asia should prioritise the mission to support Christian families to overcome…

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Care for peace is care for life, pope says
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Care for peace is care for life, pope says

VATICAN (SE): “In this Jubilee Year of Saint Francis of Assisi, let us remember his…

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Catholics in Vietnam mark first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy 
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Catholics in Vietnam mark first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy 

HANOI (LiCAS News): Archbishop Marek Zalewski, permanent representative of the Holy See to Vietnam, presided…

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