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Malala: We must all fight courageously for the right to education

In an exclusive interview with Vatican Media, Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, speaks about her commitment to girls’ education through the Malala Fund and reflects on the right to go to school for children in war-torn countries. She also emphasizes the importance of interreligious dialogue in promoting the global right to education.

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Filipino Catholics join in prayer and fasting for political change

In the midst of political challenges in the Philippines, Catholic organizations, communities, and institutions are launching initiatives based on fasting and prayer to bring about change "for the common good of the country."

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Pope prays for victims of earthquake in Afghanistan

In his message, Pope Leo offers prayers for all the victims, injured, and missing and expresses his solidarity with those who have lost loved ones, while invoking divine blessings on the entire Afghan people.

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God’s dazzling creation

Glancing out my window on a dusky evening, I’m startled to see a huge bird perching on my neighbor’s garage, just a few yards away. What at first appears to…

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Pope Leo XIV: Charity transforms lives and builds communion

Pope Leo XIV meets members of Opera San Francesco per i Poveri, urging them to live charity as assistance, welcome, and promotion of human dignity, and to witness to God’s love in society.

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Annunciation pastor calls first parish Mass after church shooting a ‘humble beginning’

(OSV News) — Recalling the fear and the cries from students, parents and school staff to “get low, stay down, stay down, don’t get up” as bullets tore through Annunciation…

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Pope prays for Minneapolis shooting victims, denounces ‘pandemic’ of gun violence

"Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world," Pope Leo said.

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Pope invites Christians to unite for Creation Day on September 1

Pope Leo XIV renews his invitation for Christians to join together on September 1 to celebrate the World of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which draws inspiration from the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and the theme: “Seeds of Peace and Hope.”

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Pope: ‘Arms must fall silent, voice of fraternity and justice must prevail’

Pope Leo XIV renews his closeness to the Ukrainian people, appealing for an immediate ceasefire, and prays for the victims of the Catholic school shooting in Minnesota and migrants killed off the coast of Mauritania.

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Pope: May the Church always be a school of humility, welcoming all

In his reflections before leading the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo prays that the Church may always be "a school of humility" in following Jesus' example, as well as "a home where all are welcome", where rivalries are set aside.

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