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• Madrid: Awaiting Pope Leo’s arrival and a revitalization of the faith

  Fifteen years after Pope Benedict XVI’s World Youth Day in Madrid, Pope Leo XIV travels to the same city, where people hope for encouragement and a revitalization of the country's faith.

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• News from the Orient - 5th June 2026

  In this week’s news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L’Œuvre d’Orient, we look at the role of Lebanon's Beaufort Castle over the centuries.

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• Pope Leo’s Magnifica humanitas and the “rejected stones” of our time

  Humanitarian development aid expert and diplomat, Dr. Daniel Solymári, reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica humanitas as a powerful social and synodal appeal to see the world from the perspective of the poor, refugees, war victims. He also highlights how the text calls to place justice, fraternity, and peace at the heart of public life.

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• Côte d’Ivoire: Encouraging religions to be a force for peace and social cohesion

  On the occasion of the Eid al-Adha celebration, observed this week, by the Muslim community, Cardinal Ignace Dogbo Bessi, Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan and President of the Episcopal Commission for Ecumenism, Biblical Apostolate, and Interreligious Dialogue, sent a message of fraternity to the Ivorian Muslim community. In his address, the prelate emphasized that religions should remain forces of peace, reconciliation, and social cohesion.

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• Inclusive Governance in a Synodal Church Symposium concludes in Rome

  In an interview with Vatican News, Adjunct Professor Susan Pascoe at the Australian Catholic University, the second Inclusive Governance in a Synodal Church Symposium and looks ahead to its fruits for the future.

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• The Pastor General’s Agenda
  31 May 2026
• Pentecost 2026
  23 May 2026
• In memory of Flor Sevilla Perez
  17 May 2026
• Inauguration of the “Bethlehem” House in Camparmò
  03 May 2026
• The Pastor General’s Agenda
  03 May 2026