Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, called for political, economic, and international decisions regarding Cuba to be aimed at seeking the well-being of the countryʼs population. The cardinal made this appeal May 15 during the Mass for Peace and Social Development in Cuba, held at St. Ignatius of Loyola…

A total of 72 young people from the Gaza Strip arrived in Rome this week to continue their academic studies at various universities across the city, an opportunity that opens up for them a hopeful path amidst the tragedy of war. Their arrival in the Italian capital was made possible thanks to an initiative promoted…

Texas Children’s Hospital has reached a major settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that will bring an end to sex-change procedures on minors at the facility and require the hospital to pay for the country’s first dedicated detransition clinic. The agreement, first announced by Paxton’s office May 15,…

On May 13, the feast of Our Lady of Fátima, Colombia renewed its consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary with a call to work together “on the national project we yearn for.” The Mass of Consecration, celebrated as part of the Fourth National Rosary, took place at the primatial cathedral of Bogotá and was…

Pope Leo XIII was known for his engagement with the profound social changes of the industrial revolution, especially through his 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum. His successor Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name, in part, because of his desire to address what he has called the next “industrial revolution” — developments in the field of…