Bishop Paolo Martinelli was installed as the new Apostolic Vicar for Southern Arabia on Saturday at St Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. In his inaugural speech and then during his homily at the installation Mass he upheld the beauty of diversity and pledged to pursue interfaith harmony.
Pope Francis asks for prayers for victims of an avalanche in northern Italy and warns against disregarding the effects of climate change.
Danish police say a gunman who shot three people at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday acted alone and killed them at random
South Sudan is one of the poorest countries in the world and the government struggles to provide even the most basic healthcare to its people. In Nyang, at the healthcare center supported by CUAMM, the staff tackles emergencies that would otherwise be impossible to solve.
The dioceses of Uromi and Kafanchan, respectively, call for prayers for the quick and safe release of Frs. Peter Udo and Philemon Oboh, who were kidnapped by armed persons on Saturday in Edo State, and for Fr. Emmauel Silas, who was abducted in Kaduna on Monday.
The Bishops of the United States condemn a US Supreme Court ruling which limits government powers to curb greenhouse gases.
Sr. Claudia, an Italian-born nun with the Sisters of the Poor who has worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the 1990s, recounts her experience of serving the sick, the elderly, orphans, the malnourished, and abandoned babies, noting that “society does not help and means are lacking, but there is God’s Providence that guides us.”
In a wide-ranging interview with American journalist Philip Pullella of Reuters, Pope Francis covers topics such as the recent US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the possibility of resigning, the decision to postpone his planned Apostolic Visit to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his hopes for a trip to Moscow and Kyiv.
On his second day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cardinal Pietro Parolin shares Pope Francis’ closeness with local religious congregations and the poor whom they assist, saying they are proof that love “never runs out but only multiplies.”
Pope Francis greets a delegation of the European Swimming League ahead of the European Aquatics Championships, set to take place in Rome in August, and praises the unifying power of sports.
