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Pope Leo XIV: ‘European Institutions Need People Who Know How to Live a Healthy Secularism’
The Pope urged the cultivation of a style of thought and action that affirms the value of religion in the public square. Pope Leo XIV on Monday said European institutions need “people who know how to live a healthy secularism” while urging...
Tanzanian envoy to Vatican attends requiem as Archbishop Rugambwa is laid to rest
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA’S Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, responsible for East African Affairs, Dennis Londo, has met with the Vatican Ambassador to Tanzania, Archbishop Angelo Accattino, and conveyed condolences...

Vatican urges faithful to revive efforts for sainthood cause of Cardinal Van Thuan
Vatican City, Sep 21, 2025 / 06:00 am The beatification cause of Venerable Francis-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan is receiving renewed attention from the Vatican 50 years after he was first imprisoned by the communist government of Vietnam, according to...

Pope encourages European parliamentarians to pursue ‘healthy secularism’
4 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the European Parliament to pursue “a healthy secularism” that maintains the distinction between religions and governments. “European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy...
HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Meets Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain, met today with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV during his official visit to the Vatican City State and the Italian Republic. During the meeting, His...

Pope Leo XIV urges European institutions to promote a 'healthy secularism'
Pope Leo XIV receives the Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, an initiative of European Parliament, insisting that 'European institutions need people who know how to live 'a healthy secularism,' and reaffirming that 'being...
Miracle on the Mediterranean—an Appeal to the Vatican State
Activists and human rights defenders ride aboard a vessel departing from Tunisia’s northern port of Bizerte on September 14, 2025 to join the last boats taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, bound for the Gaza Strip to break Israel’s blockade...

King Charles to make state visit to Vatican next month
King Charles III (gg.govt.nz/Mark Tantrum) King Charles III and Queen Camilla will travel to the Vatican for a state visit next month, Buckingham Palace has announced. Source: Catholic Herald. The visit was originally scheduled for April this year...

Trump’s Gaza policy and the Vatican’s silence: A matter of moral consistency
President Trump’s re-election had established the analysts’ worst fears about his policy on Gaza and Palestinian rights. Despite campaign promises of a halt to the Gaza war in days, his policies have systematically protracted the conflict and...

Fond du Lac community news as summer winds down, fall…
Pumpkins and other fall favorites are featured at Fondy FallToberfest at Lakeside Park's Oven Island. Fall events were featured in a story that published in late September.Provided By Fond Du Lac FestivalsBlue-green algae is confirmed throughout...

Pope appoints Campisi as Vatican envoy to UNESCO
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Roberto Campisi as the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to UNESCO in Paris. On 27 September it was announced that the Sicilian-born prelate, who had spent the past three years as Assessor for General Affairs in...

Global faith leader and medical trailblazer Russell M. Nelson dies at age 101
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KIFI) — Communities worldwide are mourning the passing of Russell M. Nelson, the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a former world-renowned heart surgeon. President Nelson passed away...

Pope Leo makes surprise pick as his successor in powerful Vatican office
Pope Leo during the Jubilee of Catechists Audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican (Picture: Evandro Inetti/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock) Pope Leo XIV has named a relatively unknown Italian cleric to lead the Vatican office he previously...
King Charles III and Queen Camilla to visit Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
King Charles III, head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time at the Vatican next month, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. "Their Majesties The King and Queen will undertake a...

First time: King Charles III to visit Vatican in October
Buckingham Palace confirmed that King Charles III and Queen Camilla will travel to the Vatican in late October to meet Pope Leo XIV and take part in special Jubilee year celebrations focused on unity and “Pilgrims of Hope.” King Charles III, head...

King Charles to Visit Vatican in October
King Charles III, head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time at the Vatican next month, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. "Their Majesties The King and Queen will undertake a...
Vatican not ready to declare war in Gaza genocide: pope in book
The Holy See is not ready to declare Israel’s campaign in Gaza genocide, Pope Leo XIV said in an interview given in July but published Thursday. “The word genocide is being thrown around more and more,” the pope said in an interview with US...

King Charles and Camilla to make state visit to Vatican in late October
London, England, Sep 26, 2025 / 19:01 pm King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be making their first state visit to the Vatican in late October, Buckingham Palace has announced. The palace said in a Sept. 27 statement that the king and queen...

King Charles to visit Vatican and meet Pope Leo for first time
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time at the Vatican next month, Buckingham Palace has said. The trip in late October will come about six months after the royal couple visited Leo’s...