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• Laudato Si’ Village commemorates victims of Allied WW2 bombing

  Students, residents, and civic and religious authorities remember the Allied air raid of February 10, 1944, which claimed the lives of more than 500 people who had taken refuge inside the papal residence.

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• Pope hails LA Religious Education Congress as a time for true spiritual renewal

  In a message sent to Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, Pope Leo XIV sends greetings to the 70th Los Angeles Religious Education Congress taking place in Anaheim in the US state of California and reiterates that "deepening your relationship with Jesus and being faithful and joyful disciples" makes religious education teachers authentic and effective.

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• New Way of the Cross debuts in St. Peter’s Basilica

  St. Peter’s Basilica is inaugurating a new Way of the Cross on Friday afternoon. The Via Crucis created by the young Swiss artist Manuel Andreas Dürr who was selected following an international competition that received over a thousand submissions.

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• Indonesia hosts symposium on media's effect on religious practice

  An international symposium gathers scholars and practitioners to reflect on the transformative impact of digital media on religion and culture across Southeast Asia.

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• Pope in dialogue with Rome's priests: Be friends, beware of envy and the internet

  Pope Leo XIV answers four questions from priests of the Diocese of Rome and gives wide-ranging responses touching on spiritual guidance, indications for ministry and pastoral work, the internet and more.

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• Invitation to the 2026 International Congress
  15 February 2026
• Lent 2026
  12 February 2026
• Pastors’ College, Pastors’ School, and New Board of Directors
  05 February 2026
• The Pastor General’s Agenda
  31 January 2026
• Mathiyas Gundiya Ordained a Priest
  14 January 2026