July, 2025

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, humanitarian organisations are witnessing their own colleagues and partners waste away before their eyes...

In a statement released on 23 July, the bishops warn of the loss of justice, security, and basic necessities of life for the people in Haiti.

In an interview with Vatican Media, Father Yaroslav Rokhman, who ministers at the perinatal center of Ivano-Frankivsk, speaks of the fear experienced by women forced to take shelter during Russian army bombardments, and laments that military actions continue unabated in the country with raids which do not even spare the children.

At a press conference following their pastoral visit to Gaza, the Greek Orthodox and Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem issue a joint appeal to world leaders and decision makers, calling for “an end to the war, the release of detainees, and the beginning of a true healing process that restores life and dignity to Gaza and the entire Holy Land”.

Novena to St. Ignatius of Loyola - 2025

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The Society of Jesus invites its entire Apostolic Body to take part in the virtual event: Religious Life for Climate Justice: Turning Hope into Action Date: July 25, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM (Rome time)

In a lengthy interview in the latest issue of Migranti press Monsignor Francesco Savino, bishop of Cassano all'Jonio and vice president of the Italian Bishops' Conference for Southern Italy, talks about Europe, the reception of migrants and the role and responsibility of the Church. "The management of migration is the litmus test of a civilization. When the other is seen only as a scapegoat and not as a revelation of meaning, it means that we have severed the Gospel roots that speak of a 'welcomed stranger' (cf. Mt 25:35)...

During the Global Assembly of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU 2025), held in June at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia, the president of AUSJAL, Dr. Fernando Ponce, S.J., presented the network's proposals to strengthen inter-institutional collaboration and respond in an articulated manner to the most urgent challenges facing Jesuit higher education in Latin America...

More than a century afterRerum Novarum, the cry of the poor and hungry continues to challenge the conscience of humanity. In response to this urgency, on the tenth anniversary of the encyclical Laudato si', which called us to an integral ecological conversion, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development presents “Seeds of Hope: the Church at the Service of Food Security”, a collection of good practices that recount the concrete commitment of local Churches in guaranteeing access to food and water as essential conditions for integral human development...