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Highlighting Pope Leo XIV’s strong ties with the Augustinian community and with the legacy of Saint Clare, the Pope visits the Augustinian monastery of Santa Chiara in Montefalco, in central Italy, to celebrate Mass, pray and share a meal with the cloistered nuns there. Read all  

In this week’s news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient: The new Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archbishop is installed, a report looks at church funding in Lebanon, and the world marks RedWeek2025. Read all  

Father Michel Abboud, President of Caritas Lebanon, speaks to Vatican News about how Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming visit to the country will encourage them in their work and and give renewed confidence to all the Lebanese people. Read all  

Caritas representatives from over forty countries are in Brazil for COP30, urging world leaders to place human lives above political interests as the climate crisis deepens from the Philippines to the Sahel. Read all  

Following a massive Russian attack on the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, Archbishop Teodor Martynyuk tells Vatican News about the Greek-Catholic Church’s immediate assistance to affected residents, and calls on the faithful to pray for Ukrainians enduring the pain of war. Read all