Church of the Transfiguration

Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo said Murayama “will be remembered for his moral courage in leading Japan to confront its wartime past with honesty and humility, and for his clear commitment to peace and reconciliation being honest to past history.”

Earlier this month, Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to Peruvians as tensions mounted over leadership changes and increasingly intense calls for reform in the country.

Pope Leo receives six members of ECA Global, an international human rights association that works for greater support and compensation for victims of abuse and calls for stronger commitment and cooperation from the Catholic Church. Participants describe the audience as “a historic and hope-filled step toward greater cooperation.”

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Father Mattia Ferrari, coordinator of the World Meeting of Popular Movements (EMMP), speaks to Vatican News, as the network and its members prepares to gather in Rome for their fifth world meeting, which will include an audience with Pope Leo.

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates a thanksgiving Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the canonisation of Venezuela’s first two saints, José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and Maria Carmen Rendiles Martínez.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in the Vatican, and during subsequent discussions in the Secretariat of State, the Prime Minister and Cardinal Parolin addressed "the need for a stable and lasting peace in the South Caucasus."

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Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims, in Rome for the recent canonisation of seven new saints, describing them signs of hope and examples for all faithful.

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The Episcopal Justice and Peace Commission recently issued the document, “A Political Guide for National Dialogue,” which contains concrete proposals for reforms of the State, the electoral system, natural resource policies, economic inclusion, and national reconciliation, aiming to strengthen democracy, social justice, and lasting peace in Mozambique.

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Pope Leo XIV gives several recommendations to future priests when addressing in the Vatican the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome, and also thanks the religious sisters who assist, suggesting that the sense of motherhood they offer is precious.

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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, makes a visit to several structures of the Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan.

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