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In the Afterword of “The weaving of the world,” Pope Francis highlights the importance of storytelling as the weaving of a fabric with unbreakable threads that links the past and present, everything and everyone. The new book is published on Thursday by the Vatican Publishing House and Salani Publications.

A delegation of Buddhists from Mongolia pays its first official visit to the Vatican 30 years after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Mongolian government. An interview with the head of the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar highlights a positive and collaborative relationship.

Catholics who work at the border of Peru, Bolivia and Chile met May 23-25 in Arica, Chile – a small city in the north of the country – to reflect on the reality of migrants in the region.

There are now less than two months to go until Pope Francis’s highly-anticipated visit to South Sudan, which has been widely praised as a sign of hope and encouragement for the war-torn country as its leaders continue to navigate a complex path to peace.

As a "first choice," members of the Italian bishops' conference decided to focus their study of clerical sexual abuse in the country on cases reported to the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2000 to 2021.

Sitting in front of her tent in a camp for Burkina Faso residents displaced from their homes, Christine Yangane cried out for food for her children, whom she said had gone for days without any meal.

If "beauty will save the world," as Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky said, then "perhaps beauty can also save the unborn," said Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz.

Native American tribal representatives are partnering with Catholic dioceses and religious congregations in uncovering vast amounts of information about the church's role in operating residential schools that for more than a century worked to assimilate Indigenous children into white society.

The presence of the Christian community is indispensable to the identity of Jerusalem, considered holy by all three Abrahamic faiths, several European bishops said at the end of a visit to the Holy Land.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bills May 25, saying he has kept his promise to voters to "sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk."

Varios obispos de Estados Unidos se pronunciaron en contra del fácil acceso a armas en el país tras un ataque el 24 de mayo que resultó en la muerte de al menos 19 niños y dos de sus maestros de escuela primaria en Uvalde, Texas.

El gobernador de Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, promulgó una de las leyes de aborto más restrictivas del país el 25 de mayo y dijo que cumplió su promesa a los votantes de "firmar cada parte de la legislación pro-vida que viene a mi escritorio".

El Papa Francisco recibió esta mañana en audiencia a los prelados de la Región Nordeste 3 de la Conferencia Nacional de los Obispos de Brasil con motivo de su visita ad limina Apostolorum

Revisa aquí el vídeo con la síntesis semanal de actividades del Santo Padre.

Comenzó este 27 de mayo la primera visita oficial al Vaticano de una representación de budistas procedentes de Mongolia, después de 30 años del inicio de la presencia de la Iglesia católica en este país y de las relaciones diplomáticas. El prefecto apostólico, Giorgio Marengo, habla de una comunidad similar a la de los Hechos de los Apóstoles. El Evangelio, afirma, está hecho para ser testimoniado y ofrecido con valor y humildad

Speaking about the need to welcome, accompany, promote, and integrate migrants when they arrive in a new country, Pope Francis said that when it comes to the United States, “a people of migrants,” the Irish brought the whiskey and the Italians brought the mafia.