Vatican News – English

• Pope Leo shares lunch with the poor, recalls people suffering from war
  On the Ninth World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV shares lunch with around 1,300 people from around the world, and recalls the many people who suffer due to violence, war, and hunger. Read all  
• Pope Leo XIV: ‘God desires peace among all His children!’
  Pope Leo XIV appeals for an end to discrimination and persecution against Christians, and prays that all violence may cease and believers may work together for the common good. Read all  
• Pope Leo: Persecuted Christians are witnesses of truth, justice, hope
  In his Angelus address during the Jubilee of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the persecution Christians will face at the end times and our call to “bear witness to the truth that saves the world; to the justice that redeems peoples from oppression.” Read all  
• Pope at Mass: World leaders must heed cry of the poor—no peace without justice
  Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass to mark the Jubilee of the Poor, and urges leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest, saying they remind us that there can be no peace without justice. Read all  
• DR Congo: Terrorists kill civilians at Church-run hospital in North Kivu
  Around 20 people are believed killed in a terrorist attack at a hospital run by religious sisters in the North Kivu village of Byambwe, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with missionaries denouncing the “shameful silence” of the international community. Read all