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• New Wine and Old Wineskins
  Vatican Media presents a story by Dale Recinella, a former Wall Street finance lawyer who, along with his wife Susan, acts as a chaplain for prisoners in Florida. Read all  
• Kyiv accuses Moscow of blowing up dam as thousands flee flooding
  Ukraine has accuses Russia of blowing up a massive dam on the Dnipro River, forcing thousands of people to flee catastrophic flooding, and urges the United Nations to intervene. However, Moscow denies responsibility for the disaster in the Russian-occupied Kherson area in southern Ukraine. Read all  
• Ukraine: Cardinal Zuppi’s mission assesses next steps to be taken for peace
  Pope Francis‘ special peace envoy to Ukraine concludes his 2-day mission to the war-ravaged nation. Read all  
• Filipina Franciscan Sister: Witnessing and valuing the virtue of charity
  Sister Helen Palacay, a Filipina former social communication head of FMIJ in the Philippines, shares the importance of giving service of charity in the lives of people and discusses how Franciscan mission helps the society in strengthening people's faith towards the Church. Read all  
• Pope Francis pays brief visit to Gemelli hospital for evaluation
  Pope Francis visits Gemelli hospital on Tuesday and returns to the Vatican before noon. Read all  
• The cross and war: Visual words
  To recount the unspeakable horror of war, European artists — including those far away from the Church – used the image of Christ’s death on the cross. The Vatican Museums’ Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, established by Pope Paul VI in 1973, preserves significant evidence of this. Several masterpieces are on exhibit; others are […]
• Bias, injustice built into global financial systems – UN Chief
  The United Nations Secretary-General calls for reform in the global financial system to address “historic injustices and systemic bias”. Read all