The first North American-born pope, Leo XIV, has used a symbolic visit to Lampedusa, Italy's migrant gateway, to urge the United States and Europe to show greater compassion towards migrants and refugees.
Pope Leo XIV has called on the Society of St Pius X, a group that has been at odds with the Vatican, urging it to abandon its planned episcopal consecrations in Switzerland without a papal mandate and warning of grave consequences should they proceed.
The idea of separating Church and State often seemed the norm in the United States, but a new report by an administration commission during the Donald Trump presidency suggests replacing it with a focus on building bridges between them.
Deaths are mounting in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and a Nashville-based nonprofit is mobilising faith communities, animation, and local language messaging to save lives before fear and misinformation claim more victims than the virus itself.
Pope Leo XIV has used a visit honoring St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, viewed as the first American saint and patron saint of immigrants, to deliver his latest appeal on behalf of them.
Attacks by Jews against Christians in the Holy Land could exceed those of 2025, according to a new 2026 report to the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue.
As AI-accelerated warfare is rapidly viewed as a means of rubber-stamping killing at unprecedented speed and scale, the World Council of Churches has signed a statement that calls on tech companies and states to halt the use of AI systems in military kill chains.
Threats against migrants unfortunately proliferate worldwide. Such threats are reported in the mass media from North America and Europe. But the problem is spread much further afield.
Attacks by Jews against Christians in the Holy Land could exceed those of 2025, according to a new 2026 report to the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue.
As AI-accelerated warfare is rapidly viewed as a means of rubber-stamping killing at unprecedented speed and scale, the World Council of Churches has signed a statement that calls on tech companies and states to halt the use of AI systems in military kill chains.
Threats against migrants unfortunately proliferate worldwide. Such threats are reported in the mass media from North America and Europe. But the problem is spread much further afield.
As part of a series of global prayers for peace, the World Council of Churches has invited people and churches worldwide to join the Global Prayer for Peace in Ukraine on June 11.
