Four years have gone by since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, when they seized power in August 2021. Slowly but steadily, the rights of Afghan women and girls continue to be eroded, effectively erasing them from society and public life.

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Afghan women increasingly cut off from everything

Four years have gone by since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, when they seized power in August 2021. Slowly but steadily, the rights of Afghan women and girls continue to be eroded, effectively erasing them from society and public life.

Last week, Rome hosted Catechists from all over the world for the Jubilee of Catechists, 26 September to 28 September. In many cases, Catechists are usually lay persons but some consecrated persons incorporate being catechists into their various apostolates.

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Benin: For Oblate Catechists of the Little Servants to the Poor, being a Catechist is a way of life

Last week, Rome hosted Catechists from all over the world for the Jubilee of Catechists, 26 September to 28 September. In many cases, Catechists are usually lay persons but some consecrated persons incorporate being catechists into their various apostolates.

Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of October, inviting the faithful to pray for ‘collaboration between different religious traditions.’

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Pope's October prayer intention: 'Collaboration among religions'

Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of October, inviting the faithful to pray for 'collaboration between different religious traditions.'

Ahead of the ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ conference in Castel Gandolfo, Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to Vatican News about the Church’s vast reach to 1.4 billion Catholics, who have the collective potential to help heal our common home.

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Schwarzenegger: ‘Catholic Church a powerhouse for environmental activism’

Ahead of the ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ conference in Castel Gandolfo, Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to Vatican News about the Church’s vast reach to 1.4 billion Catholics, who have the collective potential to help heal our common home.

Pope Leo will preside at numerous liturgical celebrations in the coming months, as the Church looks ahead to Christmas and the New Year.

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Pope Leo's liturgical celebrations for November through January

Pope Leo will preside at numerous liturgical celebrations in the coming months, as the Church looks ahead to Christmas and the New Year.

Newly-elected Augustinian Prior General Fr Joseph Farrell reflects on the General Chapter, the charism and priorities of the Order and the challenges it faces, and what it means to have an Augustinian Pope.

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New Prior General on Leo XIV: A Pope who is also our brother

Newly-elected Augustinian Prior General Fr Joseph Farrell reflects on the General Chapter, the charism and priorities of the Order and the challenges it faces, and what it means to have an Augustinian Pope.

Below is the full text of the address delivered by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Holy See Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, at the 80th United Nations General Assembly.

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Gallagher: Reform the UN to promote peace, development, and human rights

Below is the full text of the address delivered by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Holy See Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations, at the 80th United Nations General Assembly.

Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has won a weekend parliamentary election that was widely viewed as a choice between East and West.

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Moldovans choose Westward path in parliamentary elections

Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has won a weekend parliamentary election that was widely viewed as a choice between East and West.

Addressing the United Nations’ General Assembly, the Vatican is highlighting the need to do more for young people and to step up efforts to fight non-communicable diseases and mental health challenges.

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Holy See urges action on youth empowerment, health and mental well-being

Addressing the United Nations’ General Assembly, the Vatican is highlighting the need to do more for young people and to step up efforts to fight non-communicable diseases and mental health challenges.

Pope Leo XIV receives the Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, an initiative of the European Parliament, insisting that ‘European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism,’ and reaffirming that ‘being men and women of dialogue means remaining deeply rooted in the Gospel and in the values that flow from it.’

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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 the European Parliament, insisting that 'European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism,' and reaffirming that 'being men and women of … Continue reading