Israel unprecedented expropriation of Palestinian land

“The missionary scope of Lent”: Pope Leo XIV’s Ash Wednesday homily, with which he opens his first Lent

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Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Ash Wednesday, 2026

“May the Pope retain his complete freedom to speak the truth and proclaim Jesus Christ,” asks Leo XIV

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Address of the Pope to the members of the Pro Petri Sede Association

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it

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Pope’s general audience, February 18, 2026, on the Church as mystery and sacrament

The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality

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Pope’s address to the Legionaries of Christ during an audience on the occasion of their General Chapter

Israel unprecedented expropriation of Palestinian land

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The Israeli association that fights against the political use of urban planning in the West Bank to seize land from Palestinians explains the bad faith of the rule that requires proof of ownership in Area C. At stake is 58% of the land in a context where there was no land registry before 1967. Activists and NGOs speak of an ‘unprecedented measure’ since the Six-Day War. Michal Braier: “discriminatory” legal system, ‘systematic’ expropriation to favour settlements.

Exile as Policy: Nicaragua Expels Another Priest as Pressure on the Catholic Church Intensifies

Enrique Villegas

With 309 religious already displaced and over a thousand documented acts of hostility, the pattern is no longer episodic. It has become structural

Catholic Church in the US publishes its 2026 annual report on religious freedom in the country

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The report summarizes developments on national questions and federal policies affecting religious liberty in the U.S., including the role of religion in American public life, and the challenges and opportunities of the present moment