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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…

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…

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…

The bishops of Ghana are shown with Ghana President John Dramani Mahama at the Jubilee House in Accra on May 23, 2025. / Credit: President of the Republic of Ghana ACI Africa, May 27, 2025 / 13:59 pm (CNA). Members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) have called on the government there to implement…

The Lecceto hermitage near Siena, Italy. / Credit: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Stampa, May 27, 2025 / 12:18 pm (CNA). The Augustinian nuns of Lecceto are a small community living in a hermitage 10 kilometers (a little more than six miles) from the city of Siena in Italy. The hermitage bears…

null / Credit: Andy – Rock News/Shutterstock Vatican City, May 27, 2025 / 12:48 pm (CNA). The official website of the Vatican for the first time has been refreshed since it was created in the 1990s, prominently featuring multimedia content and online links to other Vatican offices and ministries. A banner image of a waving…