Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend John Mbua Mwandi, until now parish priest of Mulutu, as bishop of the diocese of Kitui, Kenya.Msgr. John Mbua Mwandi …

Rome – “The Pontifical Mission Societies are effectively the “primary means” of awakening missionary responsibility among all the baptized and supporting ecclesial communities in areas where the Church is young,” …

Cardinal Fernando Chomali, archbishop of Santiago, Chile, offered a 10-point guide to understanding the central message of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIVʼs first encyclical, presented May 25. The encyclicalʼs theme …

Juba – The Diocese of Tombura-Yambio in South Sudan is under heightened epidemic surveillance following the spread of the Ebola virus in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.“Although no confirmed …

New Delhi – Establishing an ethical framework for artificial intelligence and disarming it, placing it at the service of human dignity, and the protection of the poor and vulnerable: these …

“I think he wants the church to purify itself to be able to be an effective counter-witness to the negative dynamics you see in the world,” one leader told NCR.

By confronting the church’s failures, Magnifica Humanitas can be read as an “enactment of concrete solidarity,” philosopher Sally Scholz writes.