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The 49th Social Week of Italian Catholics kicks off in the southern city of Taranto on 21 October dedicated to the theme: "The planet we hope for - environment, work, future. #tuttoèconnesso (everything is linked)”. Drawing inspiration from Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si', discussions will also focus on virtuous realities that adopt a vision for an integral ecology in entrepreneurial, administrative, community and personal realms.

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin delivers a video message on behalf of Pope Francis to participants at the Women’s Forum G20 Italy discussing the theme “A She-covery for all, Uniting Power with purpose for a new Inclusive Leadership.”

Three seminarians in Nigeria were abducted during a violent attack by bandits on October 11 and were released on October 13.

In a message to the Director General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, Pope Francis says we must adopt “innovative solutions” to transform the way we produce and consume food “for the well-being of people and of the planet.”

A prominent and retired Church of England bishop once tipped to become a future Archbishop of Canterbury has been received into the Catholic Church and is set to be ordained as a deacon on October 28, and a priest on October 30 this year.

An Indian priest, among others, is one of the speakers at the 8th Parliament of the World's Religions to be held virtually, October 16-18.

Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, popularly known as Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, currently underway in Rome, has elected a new General Council to lead the Congregation with Sr. Chiara Cazzuola as Superior General.

On Sept. 28, a community of seminarians from the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter’s European seminary released an album of Christmas Matins, “Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria”. This week, the 17-song collection topped the Billboard’s Traditional Classical Albums chart.

The announcement of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize highlights the right to information and freedom of speech in a world where democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions.

Pope Francis attends an International Meeting for Peace with leaders of various religions and confessions at Rome's Colosseum, and urges everyone to work toward purifying our hearts so that peace might fill our world.

Religious leaders from different faiths met at the Vatican on October 5 to discuss education on World Teachers’ Day.

The world’s largest gathering of Catholic young people will take place on Aug. 1-6, 2023.

In a message to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Pope Francis points to the spirit of poverty as the way to ensure the happiness of individuals and peoples.

Pope Francis has sent a video message to a meeting of a group of Argentinian judges who strive for social justice in line with his teachings.

Pope Francis on Friday urged a youth-led movement, which aims to tackle the world’s food crisis by transforming global food systems, not to tire in working together to ensure that everyone can afford a dignified life.

Have you ever read 50 books in your native tongue and then written a one-page summary of each of them?

Pope Francis recalls the commemoration of the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, with Msgr. Robert Vitillo thanking the Pope for his message of openness and inclusion.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher sends a video message to mark the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration, which sets out measures to combat racism, intolerance, and xenophobia.

Responding to the Pontiff's call, the Migrants and Refugees Section is taking steps to move forward on our shared journey to ensure that "after all this, we will think no longer in terms of 'them' and 'those', but only 'us.'"

Pope Francis met with the moderators of associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements and new communities and urged them to stay out on the existential peripheries, warning them of the danger of the desire for power.