Pope Leo XIV taps Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro for presidency of Pontifical Academy for Life — By: Catholic News Agency

Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro is the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. / Credit: ACI Stampa National Catholic Register, May 27, 2025 / 19:06 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its outgoing president, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, signaling a…

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Pope Leo XIV approves first decrees recognizing 3 new venerables — By: Catholic News Agency

The Servant of God Matthew Makil (center) appears in this 1896 photo flanked by apostolic vicars Aloysius Pazheparambil (left) and John Menachery (right). / Credit: kirchlicher Fotograf, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, May 27, 2025 / 14:36 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate…

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Catholic Relief Services urges Israel to let its humanitarian aid teams into Gaza — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholic Relief Services distributed humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier in the spring and has asked Israel to allow it to resume its work. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Relief Services Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 27, 2025 / 15:06 pm (CNA). Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is calling on Israel to resume allowing its humanitarian aid…

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Catholics, Buddhists gather in Cambodia for interreligious meeting focused on peace — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV greets Buddhist monks in a meeting with representatives of other Christian churches, ecclessial communities, and other religions on May 19, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, May 27, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA). The Vatican commenced its eighth Buddhist-Christian Colloquium on Tuesday in Cambodia, bringing together representatives of…

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At UN, Holy See demands action to safeguard civilians in global conflicts — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Gabriele Caccia in an address on May 22, 2025, told the U.N. Security Council that civilians are not “expendable.” / Credit: Kevin Jones/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 27, 2025 / 13:29 pm (CNA). Archbishop Gabriele Caccia addressed the United Nations Security Council last week, underscoring the Holy See’s concern for the rising number of…

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