Global Church News

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  Vatican to host event on ‘Risks and Opportunities of AI for children'

  Mar 21, 2025

  On the 21st and 22nd of March, the Vatican is hosting a conference entitled ‘Risks and Opportunities of AI for Children’, organised by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the World Childhood Foundation and the Pontifical Gregorian University.

  
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  Indonesia looks to strengthen Vatican links, says envoy

  Mar 21, 2025

  The Vatican-Indonesia diplomatic relations, which began 75 years ago, have stressed humanity and peace, and Indonesia looks to strengthen the links further, says its ambassador to the Holy See, Michael Trias Kuncahyono.

  
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  Ban on altar girls upsets nuns in Sri Lanka

  Mar 21, 2025

  The ban has sparked discussions on the role and dignity of women in the church

  
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  Cardinal Parolin: No discussion of resignation by Pope Francis

  Mar 20, 2025

  Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin denied that during his three recent visits to Pope Francis — who has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14 — they had discussed the possibility of the pope’s resignation.

  
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  Catholic school in Indonesia hosts Iftar, promotes inter-religious harmony among youth

  Mar 20, 2025

  Kanisius Junior High School in Girisonta, Ungaran, Central Java, held an iftar (breaking of the fast) event for its students as part of an initiative to promote religious moderation.

  
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  US Archbishop sues Satanists over alleged theft of Eucharist

  Mar 20, 2025

  Archbishop Naumann of Kansas City petitions for the Eucharist’s return, calling its desecration an attack on faith

  
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  Pope Francis gifts his Presidential Medal of Freedom to Buenos Aires cathedral

  Mar 20, 2025

  Pope Francis has gifted the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to him by former U.S. President Joe Biden to the metropolitan cathedral of Buenos Aires.

  
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  Syria: ‘The few certainties that existed are now gone’

  Mar 20, 2025

  A bishop and priest in Aleppo describe the current situation in the country following weeks of renewed violence after a few months of peace.

  
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  Many migrants missing in Mediterranean after dinghy deflates

  Mar 20, 2025

  Italian rescue vessels have recovered six bodies and are searching for up to 40 people reported missing after the shipwreck of a migrant boat off the Italian island of Lampedusa.

  
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  Upholding human dignity in immigration policies

  Mar 20, 2025

  Human dignity is a cornerstone of Catholic social teaching, especially in the context of immigration.