Vatican News

From Paul VI Hall, 17th General Congregation - Address of the President Delegate, Speech of Pope Francis and Te Deum

-   Israel carries out a series of overnight attacks against Iran 
-   Environmental ministers, activists and Church representatives from across the globe gather in Colombia to discuss the need to safeguard biodiversity
-   On the eve of the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality the first-ever Synod on Sports takes place in Rome
 

In this week's news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient, the 11 Martyrs of Damascus are canonized, violence breaks out over an Orthodox cathedral in Ukraine, and an Iraqi church will soon gets its bell back.

-   Pope Francis releases “Dilexit nos” the fourth encyclical of his pontificate
-   Against the backdrop of the war raging in the Holy Land, the Holy See urges the international community to safeguard the independence, unity and territorial integrity of Lebanon
-   Disarmament Week highlights the need to reduce the spread of weapons that fuel conflict and violence

From the Holy See Press Office, Briefing regarding the XVI General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

From St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father’s General Audience

On the sidelines of the Synod press briefing, American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, said a bishop is "should not be a little prince sitting in his kingdom" but rather walking with his people.

From St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father’s General Audience

The Cardinal from the Democratic Republic of Congo expressed his thoughts on the challenges of applying synodality to a diverse the universal Church.

At the Synod briefing on October 22, Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, Cameroon, shares his thoughts as the Synod nears its conclusion, inviting delegates to spread synodality throughout their home dioceses.