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Pope creates new Pontifical Committee for World Day of Children

Pope Francis establishes the Pontifical Committee for the World Day of Children, which will promote the World Day and the Church’s mission of advocating respect for the rights and dignity of children. 

Pope announces Vatican summit in 2025 for rights of children

Pope Francis announces that the Vatican will host a World Meeting on Children's Rights on February 3, 2025, with the theme, "Love Them and Protect Them." 

Pope at Audience: Charisms are gifts of the Spirit for unity and service

Pope Francis continues his cycle of catechesis and highlights the Holy Spirit's diverse gifts, or charisms, as vital tools for unity and service in the Church, ... 

'Remember our love': Pope reads aloud letter from Ukrainian student

Pope Francis reads aloud a letter sent to him by a Ukrainian student to mark the 1,000th day of the war in the country. “When you speak of our thousand days of ... 

Pope asks all believers to work for peace in a world threatened by nuclear war

Pope Francis addresses participants in a Joint Colloquium between the Dicastery for Interreligious dialogue and the Iranian “Centre for Interreligious & ... 

Vatican publishes new edition of funeral rites for Roman Pontiff

Pope Francis has approved the updated edition of the liturgical book for papal funeral rites in April, which was written by the Office for the Liturgical ... 

Ukraine‘s First Lady meets Pope and visits patients at Vatican Children's Hospital

The wife of the Ukrainian President is in Rome, meeting Italian authorities and government officials as her country marks 1,000 tragic days of war. On Wednesday ... 

Southern African Catholic Bishops’ solidarity visit emphasised Church’s call for dialogue in Mozambique

The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) says the recently concluded solidarity visit to Mozambique emphasised the church’s ... 

Bishops of Ghana urge renewal of faith, environmental action in end-of-plenary message

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has issued a call for unity, hope, and action as they concluded their Annual Plenary Assembly in Obuasi Diocese. The ... 

World Children’s Day celebrates ‘every child with every right’

On the occasion of World Children’s Day, the UN invites people from every walk of life to listen to children and create a better world for them. 

Vatican & World News 20.11.2024

-   The Vatican publishes a new book outlining a simplified funerary ritual for the pontiff. -   The United Nations estimates that all 2 ... 

English Africa 20.11.2024