Church of the Transfiguration

Archbishop Timothy Broglio issues a plea to end the government shutdown as it puts the burden “heavily on the poor and vulnerable of our nation, who are the least able to move forward.”

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On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV said the Catholic Church does not tolerate anti-Semitism and fights against it, “on the basis of the Gospel itself.”

At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, Pope Leo expresses his closeness to those affected by Hurricane Melissa, a storm of ‘catastrophic power’, and encourages civil authorities to ‘do everything possible’ to support those affected.

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Eight police officers in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state were suspended for their failure to stop an attack on Christian missionaries by Hindu nationalists on Oct. 23.

The man accused of fatally stabbing a Catholic priest during a break-in at his home beside the church he served in a small Nebraska town pleaded guilty to murder and other charges Tuesday in the December 2023 killing.

Catholics in Bangladesh will call for the Vatican to protect their human rights during an upcoming visit by Cardinal Michael Felix Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday marked the 60th anniversary of the Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews, reaffirming the commitment to dialogue at a time of rising antisemitism over Israel’s war in Gaza.

During his catechesis as part of the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV highlights the importance of Jewish-Catholic relations and of not allowing politics to affect them and underlines how religions can work together to build a better world.

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Pope Leo XIV presides at “Walking Together in Hope,” a celebration of 60 years of “Nostra aetate”, the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Interreligious Dialogue.

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Signed on 28 October 1965 by Pope St Paul VI, the conciliar declaration "Nostra aetate" set the foundations for a culture of encounter and dialogue in the name of peace for all peoples.

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