Fighting intensifies in Yemen as humanitarian crisis deepens
The crisis in Yemen deepens with renewed fighting that has left hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Read all
Catholic Church news – 18 October 2026
Violent protests rock France as economic anger grows
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France in demonstrations against rising living costs and government policies. Violent clashes between protesters and riot police left vehicles burning, shops damaged, and nearly 1,800 people arrested. Journalists were also attacked during the unrest. Read all
Pope grants plenary indulgence for 100th World Mission Sunday
On World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV prays that the Church might always remain faithful to Jesus’ exhortation to “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to all creation” Read all
Pope at Angelus: ‘I have truly felt your support’
Pope Leo XIV thanks doctors, nurses, and staff at the Gemelli Hospital for their care during his recent hospitalization, and expresses gratitude “to all those who have prayed for me over these past few days”. Read all
Zambia: Solwezi Diocese Joins One Million Children in Praying the Rosary
The Catholic Diocese of Solwezi recently joined the universal Church in the global campaign of "One Million Children Praying the Rosary for Peace and Unity in the World." The prayer event took place at St. Daniel Cathedral Parish in Solwezi, the provincial capital of North-Western Province in Zambia. Read all
Pope greets faithful at first Angelus after surgery
In his first public event following surgery last Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the famous saying of Christ, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s”, explaining that Jesus is calling us “to be truthful, free from servile fear or hypocrisy, free to do good”. Read all
Three days by boat: A missionary bishop at the ends of the earth
He walks while praying before the Blessed Sacrament because if he stops, the mosquitoes make prayer impossible. Only 5 percent of his diocese is land; the rest is water. Reaching some communities can take up to three days by boat. “It really is the end of the world,” Bishop Jacek Tendej of the Diocese of Alotau-Sideia in Papua New Guinea told Vatican News ahead of World Mission Sunday. Read all